Design Thinking empowers you to become a creative catalyst with a systemic approach to innovation in the workplace. Whether you work in engineering, business, healthcare, education, or a nonprofit, this hands-on short workshop in the core principles of design thinking and leadership will help you solve your business challenges. This short workshop also brings Insights from Darden’s world-renowned faculty and incorporating cutting-edge insight to drive innovation, this is designed to give you basic insights on leadership tools to broaden and deepen your work and to trigger you the how-to of design thinking

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IET Bangalore Network Presents
Technology & Innovation Leadership Talk Series
By
Mr. Gopakumar(Gopa) Nair
Growth and Innovation Strategist | Speaker | Futurist | Org Culture Change Expert
Capital One, Virgina, USA
Wednesday, 11th January 2017 at 6.30 p.m.
Hotel Royal Orchid Central , Manipal Centre, Dickenson Road (see map in Pg.4) , Bangalore , India
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Bangalore Network is set to organize IET’s
Technology Leadership Talk Series on:
Theme: Design Thinking for Growth – A Short Workshop
Design Thinking empowers you to become a creative catalyst
with a systemic approach to innovation in the workplace.
Whether you work in engineering, business, healthcare,
education, or a nonprofit, this hands-on short workshop in the
core principles of design thinking and leadership will help you
solve your business challenges. This short workshop also
brings Insights from Darden’s world-renowned faculty and
incorporating cutting-edge insight to drive innovation, this is
designed to give you basic insights on leadership tools to
broaden and deepen your work and to trigger you the how-to of
design thinking.
Theme: Design Thinking – A Short Workshop
Redefine Innovation with Design Thinking for Growth

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Speaker Profile:
An Event Supported by:
www.innomantra.com
Gopakumar (Gopa) Nair
Growth and Innovation Strategist | Speaker | Futurist | Org Culture Change Expert
Capital One, Virgina, USA
Gopa is a growth and innovation strategist who is considered as a visionary and
futurist by his peers. In his currently role, he is leading a transformation team
which is transforming the department culture to create more engaged employees
and thereby creating a platform for innovation and growth.
Gopa has more than 25 years of experience in various fields including sales,
entrepreneurship, Technology, Strategy consulting and Operations management.
He also worked for one of the large four consulting companies in USA and
currently working for one of the big ten banks in USA leading transformation.
Gopa specialised the Design Thinking for Growth course at Darden school of
business and he is currently a mentor for their online programs.
Gopa currently conductsdesign thinking problem solving session for various
departments within the company. Gopa also conducts crash course and design
sprints’ is also a motivational and inspirational speaker.
 Gopa’s Design Thinking journey
Design Thinking crash course by Stanford Professor
 Darden School of Business on Design Thinking for growth
 Deep dive in-house course based on Stanford methodology
 Currently In-house facilitator for conducting Design Thinking sessions to
solve day to day business problems
 Facilitator for the in-house crash course on Design Thinking
 Ambassador for spreading Design Thinking methodology
 Attended the DC ServiceJAM Facilitator/ Mentor for DC GOV JAM
 Founder of Richmond Design Thinking Meet up

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Programme Schedule:
6.00 p.m.
Registration
6.30 p.m.
Welcome address by:
Mr. Lokesh Venkataswamy
Chairman – IET Bangalore Network &
Managing Director, Innomantra Consulting Private Limited, Bangalore, India
6.35 p.m.
Glimpse on IET India & Introduction of Speaker
Mr. Vishnuvardhan A
Treasurer – IET Bangalore Network
6.45 p.m.
Innovation & Technology Leadership Series by Chief Guest
Theme: Design Thinking - A Short Workshop
Mr. Gopakumar (Gopa) Nair
Growth and Innovation Strategist | Speaker | Futurist | Org Culture Change Expert
Capital One, Virgina, USA
8.15 p.m.
Q& A
8.20 p.m.
Vote of thanks
Dr. Vishwas Lakkundi, MIET
IET Bangalore Network &
8.30 p.m.
Networking Reception & Dinner
You are welcome!
Contact us / Email or Text & Register now:
Vishnu: vishnuvardan.atmakuri@gmail.com / +91 9740856856
Neha : NSingh@theiet.in / +91 9538400431
Manager Member Relations – IET India.
Entry by Invitation and Pre-registration Only

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Venue:Royal Orchid Central - the hotel is located on Dickenson Road behind the Manipal Centre,
Off IET India Office, M.G. Road, Bangalore.