Discover new tools and templates for idea generation and product development and know-how to overcome barriers to creativity by learning about Design Thinking through our Ask Me Anything session. The AMA will be hosted by Stanford Executive Education Design Thinking: From Insights to Viability course alumna Rhea Mehta (Director - Special Initiatives, Navya Technologies).

In this session, Rhea will take you through the impact of Design Thinking on the world around you and her own learning experience with the program. Moderated by Milind Kopikare (President, Great Learning, North America), the interaction will guide you through the course structure, hands-on projects, and mentoring sessions. It will also include a Question/ Answer session with Rhea.

 

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Agenda for the session

  • Why Design Thinking?
  • Impact of Design Thinking in the world around us
  • Course structure & overview
  • Rhea's learning experience with the course

About Speakers

Rhea Mehta

Director - Special Initiatives, Navya Technologies

Rhea Mehta specializes in scaling startups that are focused on social change. She currently works with Navya Technologies, a cancer informatics company that builds machine learning solutions to offer treatment opinions. Through her 12 years of work experience in India, Rhea has worked in business development, product, and operations roles to grow a teleconsultation app, an AI-based recruitment platform, and a low-cost water purification technology. Before returning to India, Rhea worked in the Life Sciences & Healthcare practice for Deloitte Consulting in NYC.

Mr. Milind Kopikare

President, Great Learning, North America

Milind Kopikare is a former Google employee who worked for Qualtrics as their Product Executive. He has led more than 100+ teams of engineers and product leaders and spearheaded products from 0 to multi-million dollar market value. Responsible for launching the world’s first AI-driven tool for market research, Milind is a recipient of 20 patents & scholarships from Stanford & Kellogg.

Stanford Executive Education Design Thinking: From Insights to Viability

In this modern world, which is connected by smart technology and united by the internet, every experience has become personalized. In order to deliver a completely personalized experience to the user in every area, design thinking has evolved. These days the word design thinking has been everywhere and seems to achieve a great demand. Let us learn about design thinking.

Design Thinking is a methodology that is used to solve complex problems creatively and it has evolved from various different fields like business, engineering, architecture, etc. It basically focuses on understanding individual needs and discovering the best solution to meet those needs. There are five main steps involved in the process of design thinking. These five steps will help you come up with sensible ideas to solve a set of problems and generate positive outcomes.