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Nikhil Mahen

Systems Thinking vs Design Thinking — a spectrum misunderstood

My last 4–5 years have been spent in corporate innovation — always as part of the team that was expected to generate ideas and develop…

Oct 5, 2020

Systems Thinking vs Design Thinking — a spectrum misunderstood

Oct 5, 2020

Nikhil Mahen

Who was the first Superhero? Part 3

Welcome back to the Superhero world. So far we have sought to arrive at the earliest Superheroes in multiple ways — the first ‘hero’ in…

Aug 30, 2020

Who was the first Superhero? Part 3

Aug 30, 2020

Nikhil Mahen

Design Tools: Hackathon To Practice

Since the lockdown, I have structured my days around my 3 meals, and at times my 4th and 5th meal. Everything from working on my start-up…

Aug 17, 2020

Design Tools: Hackathon To Practice

Aug 17, 2020

Nikhil Mahen

Design Tools: Experimentation Cycles

In the late 90’s Nick Swinmurn had the idea of selling shoes online. He wasn’t sure if people would be comfortable buying shoes online…

Aug 7, 2020

Design Tools: Experimentation Cycles

Aug 7, 2020

Nikhil Mahen

Design Tools: Breaking down “Insights”

At work, we use the word ‘insight’ as a way to give weight/ importance to an idea or observation. An ‘insight’ is often the fulcrum for a…

Jul 27, 2020

Design Tools: Breaking down “Insights”

Jul 27, 2020

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Who was the first Superhero? Part 2c (The Greeks)

On to the final Hero of our Greek trilogy. In the two previous posts, I deep dived into stories of Cadmus and Perseus, two of the three…

Jul 18, 2020

Who was the first Superhero? Part 2c (The Greeks)

Jul 18, 2020

Nikhil Mahen

Who was the first SuperHero? Part 2b (The Greeks)

In the last post, we chronicled the life of Cadmus, the first Superhero. Now, to the next among the Firsts.

Jul 17, 2020

Who was the first SuperHero? Part 2b (The Greeks)

Jul 17, 2020

Nikhil Mahen

Who was the first Superhero? Part 2 a (The Greeks)

Welcome back to Part 2 of the question that’s occupied my mind for the last couple of weeks — “Who was the first Superhero?”. A quick…

Jul 17, 2020

Who was the first Superhero? Part 2 a (The Greeks)

Jul 17, 2020

Nikhil Mahen

Design Tool: Leap Of Faith

“Eureka!”, shouted Archimedes, running down the streets of ancient Greece in his birthday suit. That fabled scream was him celebrating the…

Jul 13, 2020

Design Tool: Leap Of Faith

Jul 13, 2020

Nikhil Mahen

Who was the first SuperHero?

I felt a relief walking out of Avengers Endgame last year. An epic saga of Marvel’s Heroes had come to an end after 22 movies. I thought I…

Jul 10, 2020

Who was the first SuperHero?

Jul 10, 2020

Nikhil Mahen

Nikhil Mahen

I write on Design, Innovation & Ridiculous things. I’m interested to connect with designers, start-ups and any others who have been told “that’s insane!”

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