Verandah March 2023: A Step Down
How can we better understand our users? And for those we are solving problems for?
Creating a Learning Culture: Here are 3 Things to do Differently in 2023
Here’s how rethinking your company’s learning culture can help continue innovation and growth during times of disruption
A Kinder Workplace in 2023
We look back to discussions from the Designing Kindness event, and what our panel of Kindness Experts thinks is needed, to build a kinder workplace. As 2022 came to a close, we were all looking ahead. At X-Leap, we wanted to engage with our community on the core concept of kindness. A lot of the …
Why you need a strong purpose
Summary Here at X-Leap we’ve been thinking a lot about Purpose. As a fledgling company, we’ve had quite a few conversations around the usual questions: why are we here, what do we want to do, etc. Through these somewhat existential sessions, I’ve been thinking about the centrality of Purpose. Aside from it being a right-of-passage for …
The hard questions we had to ask about medical oxygen in India
When PATH, a global health non-profit, commissioned a project to help craft the strategic roadmap for medical oxygen supply across multiple states, India had transitioned from the worst of the second COVID-19 wave. But apprehensions remained. Hospitals had struggled with an acute shortage of supply of medical oxygen in the country. Because of the urgency, …
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The First Steps to Building an Anti-Fragile Culture
We humans are hard-wired to dislike uncertainty – to the point where it’s more stressful for us to be in an uncertain situation vs. a situation where we know the outcome is bad. A challenge for businesses and governments alike is to remain competitive and resilient, the elusive pursuit of being “future-ready”. A handy tool …
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3 ideas that modern design thinkers can learn from the Renaissance
The Design Thinking (DT) approach to problem-solving is a widely used tenet across industries. Its fingerprints are everywhere, from disruptive startups to everyday products. But in recent years, Design Thinking has come under heavy criticism. Some like Natasha Jen and Bruce Nussbaum, claim that it now lacks the critical approach that its inventors aimed for. …
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Could well-being be a low-hanging fruit in adapting to the climate crisis?
If you’ve been following our work for the past few months, you would have noticed that X-Leap is now exploring the mental well-being space. This has also got us thinking about larger development challenges and how well-being is linked to all of them. Challenges that are fairly complex with interlinked variables – a prime candidate …
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OPRA Launch: 5 points on mental health in the workplace
How has work affected your mental well-being? At the beginning of the pandemic in 2021, we had a similar question in our minds. Our friends and colleagues were facing a wide range of challenges. Some scrambled to provide relief, while others tried their best at tackling a tsunami of logistical issues. This was the result …
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Join us for the Unveiling of the OPRA Report
How can organisations balance the need to be productive with the needs of individuals. It starts with listening and then an intent to solve for it. An overwhelming 96% of respondents have reported early symptoms linked to mental health issues. We discuss this and more at the launch of the OPRA (Organisation Psychological Risk Assessment) …