Chandhana: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! I think finding the right balance between making a product cheap and therefore economically viable, while also being able to make it the best version (biodegradable, durable, etc.) of itself is challenging at the moment.
Karen: Thanks for having me, Spiffy. I help individuals, organizations, and cities build creative capacity using the mindsets, behaviors, and tools of design thinking.
Jan 11, 2024
Posted by: Sujit Kunte
Germany,
Maria Ida Palmieri,
SDG 1,
SDG 10,
SDG 11,
SDG 16,
SDG 17,
SDG 4,
SDG 5,
SDG 8
Maria: It’s great to be here, Spiffy! Through my work at The Grameen Creative Lab (TGCL), we were mainly addressing one challenge—how can we make business as usual become even more usual by putting people and the planet at the center? At TGCL, we were using creativity and innovation, in particular, to train social entrepreneurs and company leaders of today and tomorrow to adopt social business principles and mindsets in the way they were designing and carrying out their business, following the vision of our founder and Nobel laureate—Professor Muhammad Yunus. Key aspects of our programs were to first analyze problems systemically.
