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I haven't been able to blog much in the recent months and nor have I successfully taken off time to transfer all my previous blogs on the one platform, but nevertheless I keep telling myself I will soon will be able to do all that. Like I said, there is much that has happened that has enriched me in spiritual, entrepreneurial and my personal life that it seems to be becoming rather complicated to say what has happened. But the highlights of the matter is that I am starting up, organizing the global service jam blr 13 and also hosting the global headquarters at the bangalore center. Though the story till this point has been quite heroic, painful and hopeless in some places yet there have been some rather astounding revelation for me in my personal outlook, religion, people and how things work. All this and more will come soon onto the blog and the adventure tales will grow more epic as I begin writing again. Till then, see ya. Ps. Link to the  Global Service Jam

This is a pretty old one though, I had worked with Jan Chipchase some years back on research project that spanned a few countries and in the indian chapter, I was a part of. This was one of my first experiences in research and design and was one of the best. Working with Jan and his team, was a huge learning. I was awed completely by the way the team was organized with even the smallest of details. Here is the preview, Jan had put up sometime back. This is the Nokia Open Studio is crowd sourcing ideas from consumers. A good way to let the consumer participate and express their views creatively. This is on the research. Francis

Finally, after months of struggling with our day jobs, sneaking out of work for this, working cross geographies the GSJ Bangalore 12 video is out.  Have a look and let us know what you feel. (Bows downs and curtains close) Thanks a lot to Aaron for making such an awesome video and Sunhera to doing brilliant work with us on the design and otherwise.

We hosted the Global Service Jam: Bangalore Chapter a couple of months back and we all really had a blast. I think I have worked before in a lot of things, but this one experience for me also has been something that has transformed me. I may never be able to see the design in the way I used to before this particular event. And I am sure, I am not the only one who felt the transformation. Some participants felt a critical change in the way the approached life and their daily work. One particular jammer, felt empowered towards her life. For her, the whole experience led her to see that she often would not use her weekends to something productive while on this particular weekend, she worked with a diverse group of people and ended a creating a service ( though still hypothetical) For a some jammers, it was a kick to see that their ideas which they had developed looking at needs and problems they identified were actually in the market. The feeling that if they could possible create ...

A Ted talk about Design thinking.