Get ready with future skills
Crafters Course
Creative Leadership and Entrepreneurship Course by Spread and UNext
- 16 Weekends
- 120+ Hours
- Online
- March 2026
Course Fee
INR 50,000
GST applicable at checkout
EMI Options Available
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MIND voyage
Become future-ready, purpose-led design leaders.
Navigate complex challenges, move from intent to action, idea to prototype. Expand possibilities through ecosystems thinking.
Expand capacities in a 4 month, 16 weekends, 120 hours program through concepts/frameworks and challenge, with a talented team and stellar guides.
Stretch
Stretch thinking with new ideas, concepts and practices
Flow
Through an entire project from problem to outcome
Expand
Strategic possibilities with emerging design and innovation concepts
StretchExploring DICE
Flow
Act of Creation
Creative
Intelligence
Innovation
Design driven Innovation
Design Philosophy
and Policy
Design and AI for humanity
and a better world
FlowDesign Sense
Path
Lenses of 7 Senses
DARE
Problem Definition
Intent to Impact
Design Sense Feel / Immersion
Empathy + Sensitivity
Behavioural
Psychology
Three Box Framework
Design Sense Frame / Insight
Cynefin Framework
PESTLE Analysis
Design Sense Think / Ideation
Scenario Creation
Systems Thinking
Design Sense Shape / Imagination
Ways of Thinking
Speculative Design
Design Sense Make / Iteration
Design Prototyping
Prototyping
Methods
Design Sense Spread / Inception
Swarm Intelligence
Contagious / Theory
Communication
Strategy
ExpandDesign for Impact
Innovation
Ten types of Innovation
Jobs to be done
Hero's Journey
Design for Impact
Growth Hacking
Narrative in Design
Thinking
Design And AI
Gen AI and Design
New tech
Advanced Design
Concepts
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MIND system
Design Sense™
Path and framework to transform intent into creative impact.
Mind Senseis
Guidance by the gurus and masters of the creative game.
Mind Watch
24 hours of video + compelling content.
Take a Dare
Design. Act. React. Transforming problems into opportunities.
AI Craft
Build prototypes with Gen AI as your co-pilot
DIPS
Guided and design immersion practicals with concepts, tools + AI access.
Mind Playbook
Lifelong access to Explainers, Frameworks and a creative Workbook.
SHIFTS™Study
Work in teams to develop a social, human, and insights, futures study.
Design Sense™
Path and framework to transform intent into creative impact.
Mind Senseis
Guidance by the gurus and masters of the creative game.
Mind Watch
24 hours of video + compelling content.
Take a Dare
Design. Act. React. Transforming problems into opportunities.
DIPS
Guided and design immersion practicals with concepts, tools + AI access.
Mind Playbook
Lifelong access to Explainers, Frameworks and a creative Workbook.
Design Sense™
Path and framework to transform intent into creative impact.
Mind Senseis
Guidance by the gurus and masters of the creative game.
Mind Watch
24 hours of video + compelling content.
Take a Dare
Design. Act. React. Transforming problems into opportunities.
AI Craft
Build prototypes with Gen AI as your co-pilot
DIPS
Guided and design immersion practicals with concepts, tools + AI access.
Mind Playbook
Lifelong access to Explainers, Frameworks and a creative Workbook.
SHIFTS™ Study
Work in teams to develop a social, human, and insights, futures study.
MIND gains
Cutting-edge professional program certified by UNext and Spread
Curriculum designed by industry experts and practitioners
Mentored by global academic and industry experts
Learner-centered design to build neuroplasticity
Engaging and live studio learning with mature learners with the right industry experience
Lifelong access to frameworks and concepts via the MIND Playbook
Playbook with exclusive MIND tools and frameworks
MIND senseis
Masters in the creative circuit!
Deepa Prahalad
An author and consultant, she explores design’s impact on business and society. Co-author of Predictable Magic, she’s a Thinkers50-ranked expert and contributor to Harvard Business Review.
Eisuke Tachikawa
As the head of NOSIGNER, he pioneers “Evolutional Creativity” in design. A global award-winner, he leads JIDA, serves on WDO’s board, and advances creative education and social innovation.
Bharatbala Ganapathy
From Vande Mataram to Virtual Bharat, Bharatbala’s works shape India’s
cultural image at home and on the global stage — bridging generations,
invoking pride, and celebrating India cinematically.
Abhishek Poddar
A leading art patron, he founded Bengaluru’s MAP with a major donation. A lifelong collector, he bridges South Asian art, global cultural dialogue, and legacy business leadership.
Abhishek Poddar
A leading art patron, he founded Bengaluru’s MAP with a major donation. A lifelong collector, he bridges South Asian art, global cultural dialogue, and legacy business leadership.
Gayathri Kupendra Reddy
Founder of NOW Venture Studio and KReate Foundation, is a Climate Reality Leader, angel investor, and Director at RGA Infra, driving sustainable real estate and urban development.
Vineeth Vincent
A high-energy presenter, beatboxer, and musician from Bangalore, rocking global stages like TEDx and IPL. His latest album sparks raw emotion and fearless creativity.
Gayathri Kupendra Reddy
Founder of NOW Venture Studio and KReate Foundation, is a Climate Reality Leader, angel investor, and Director at RGA Infra, driving sustainable real estate and urban development.
Eisuke Tachikawa
As the head of NOSIGNER, he pioneers “Evolutional Creativity” in design. A global award-winner, he leads JIDA, serves on WDO’s board, and advances creative education and social innovation.
Deepa Prahalad
An author and consultant, she explores design’s impact on business and society. Co-author of Predictable Magic, she’s a Thinkers50-ranked expert and contributor to Harvard Business Review.
Bharatbala Ganapathy
From Vande Mataram to Virtual Bharat, Bharatbala’s works shape India’s
cultural image at home and on the global stage — bridging generations, invoking pride, and celebrating India cinematically.
Eisuke Tachikawa
As the head of NOSIGNER, he pioneers “Evolutional Creativity” in design. A global award-winner, he leads JIDA, serves on WDO’s board, and advances creative education and social innovation.
Abhishek Poddar
A leading art patron, he founded Bengaluru’s MAP with a major donation. A lifelong collector, he bridges South Asian art, global cultural dialogue, and legacy business leadership.
Shruthi Muniyappa
Secretary and Governing Body Member Sandur Kushala Kala Kendra
Gayathri Kupendra Reddy
Founder of NOW Venture Studio and KReate Foundation, is a Climate Reality Leader, angel investor, and Director at RGA Infra, driving sustainable real estate and urban development.
Vineeth Vincent
A high-energy presenter, beatboxer, and musician from Bangalore, rocking global stages like TEDx and IPL. His latest album sparks raw emotion and fearless creativity.
Veena Sonwalkar
Design thought leader with over 19 years of experience in UX consulting, building and leading design teams in India, US and Europe across multiple domains.
Tahnoon Murtza
Founder & CEO of Stealth Startup, Murtza is also a member partner of Brock Capital Group and advisory board member of Babson College, USA
MIND aspirers
Transdisciplinary talent – dreamers, creatives, visionaries.
MIND is your platform
Futuristic learning. Real challenges. Prototypes. Industry-ready creators. Emerge equipped with tools, frameworks, and deep empathy—ready to thrive in the creator economy, adapt to rapid shifts, and shape the future.
Creator Mind
Bring your own Brand to Market
Brand Mind
Navigate complexity proactively in your job role
Influencer Mind
Have your own gig, on your terms, earn what you deserve.
AI Mind
Upskill to access and leverage the world’s forefront knowledge
MIND is tops!
Talent meets bold
Imagination
Opportunity to solve the
biggest challenges
Potential gets on the
path to realisation
Success becomes
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Prototype the Future
Immersive frameworks, team based challenges and expert mentorship, through concepts, exercises, and real world applications.
Get to know
MIND chiefs
Leaders transforming industries with bold ideas and impact.
Sonia Manchanda
WDO Board Member,
Co-founder of Spread Design and Innovation
Girishraj Nair
Co-founder of Spread Design and Innovation, business transformationist
Ambrish Sinha
Founding CEO, UNext Learning, tech visionary and strategist
Stay connected
MIND guides
Experienced mentors with practical knowledge and skills.
Rajeshwari Math
COO at Spread. 20+ years on massive impact projects
Aastha Parikh
Program designer with 12 years of design management
Samrat Dey
From media to design strategy. Initiatives Lead, Design Barn
Have more questions? (FAQs)
What is MIND?
MIND is a ‘Learning in Action’ Lab at Spread. Deploying original methodologies, tools and frameworks to boost creative capacity and confidence in professionals. To expand potential. Be Limitless.
With DICE | Design, Innovation, Culture and Creativity, Entrepreneurship to resolve complex and urgent real world challenges and build ‘response ability’ is the mantra at MIND.
What is the Crafters Course?
Crafters’ | Creative Leadership and Entrepreneurship Course’ is a space for active learning, with a clear path, tested tools, and frameworks. With multifaceted teams, sign ups, working on real world challenges with expert mentorship. To prototype tomorrow.
🗓 16 Weekends | ⏳ 4 months | 120 Hours | 💻 Online + Hybrid |
Blending immersive frameworks, team-based challenges, expert mentorship through concepts, exercises, real-world applications, imagination, design, AI and systems thinking.
Who is It For?
Techizens | Digitalists | Designers | Writers | Performers | Artists | Educators | Filmmakers | Bloggers | Researchers | Social Advocates | Marketeers | Entrepreneurs | L&D Teams | Innovation Teams | C Suites |
What are DARES?
Business and life, technology and human behaviours are transforming at a phenomenal pace. We have no option but to DARE | Design. Act. React.
DAREs are real-world challenges shaped for and with industry leaders into bold solutions and potential opportunities.
Our themes: Conscious City | Climate Action | Culture Shifts | Ecosocial:Urbanisation | Crypto + Digital Economy | Mental Health + Wellbeing | Future of Learning | New Policy for a Changing World
Who are Senseis?
Senseis
Successful global creative leaders guiding teams and MIND to decode the science of creative success.
Senseis for the Crafters Course / 2026 Cohort
Eisuke Tachikawa (who has been president at JIDA and founder director of NOSIGNER), Gayathri Kupendra Reddy (Founder of NOW Venture Studio and KReate Foundation)
Shruthi Muniyappa (Founder and CEO – Sarus Advisory Services and Governing Member of SKKK), Vineeth Vincent (8-time TEDx speaker and performer), Deepa Prahalad (Thinkers50 and contributor to Harvard Business Review), Abhishek Poddar (Founder Trustee – MAP), Bharatbala Ganapathy (Film Director, Film Producer, next film Khoj with AR Rahman), Tahnoon Murtza (VC and founder of Grey Sheep Ventures), Veena Sonwalkar (Design Director – Studio Head, Phillips)
What are DIPS?
Design Immersion Practices (DIPs) are guided practical deep-dives for sensitisation, integrating foundational concepts, advanced tools and AI resources, empowering participants to learn and apply creative problem solving tools and frameworks.
What is Design Sense™?
Path and framework to transform intent into impact. With DICE.
A philosophy and a path developed by Sonia Manchanda and evolved across nearly three decades of strategic design and innovation work. For proactive creative teams – equipping them to sense the future, respond to change and make design their natural adaptive sense.
What is my takeaway from the course?
- Fast- paced working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Mentorship by global academic and industry experts / Senseis
- A tangible outcome to a real world challenge
- Strategic tools and frameworks + playbook for life
- Certificate from Spread – member of World Design Organisation and UNext, part of Manipal Education and Medical Group.
- A tangible prototype that solves the organisational objectives
- Mastery in Design Sense, Design Strategy and Design Thinking
- Lifetime access to frameworks and tools and playbooks, pre reads and videos developed over 3 decades at Spread.
- aIntrapreneurial craftsmanship and leadership.
What is Design Barn?
Design Barn is an avant garde design studio, a full-fledged creative facility in buzzing North Bengaluru and also India’s first creative incubator and open innovation centre. Design Barn is accessible over the weekends to test and try your solutioning with MIND guides, frameworks and tools.
Design Barn is a creative co space and an ideas laboratory reimagining business, forming next generation new economy ventures. With experience in shaping massive change projects from initiation to successful outcome.
Who are MIND Guides?
MIND journey is facilitated by MIND Guides, where you will co-work in teams, splitting into breakout rooms to use and apply the frameworks learnt during the session or via pre-reads and videos.
You guides for the current cohort : Rajeshwari Math COO at Spread, 20+ years of experience in design, Aastha Parikh Program Designer with 12 years experience, and Samrat with media, design research, creative background of 13 years.
Who are MIND Architects?
Spread is a design ecosystem, a multiple award winning firm, shaping brands, experiences, and behaviours across sectors like health, infrastructure, policy, retail, sustainability, and tech. Part of the World Design Organisation and winner of Red Dot among other design awards.
UNext is India’s leading online learning and talent transformation company, providing a full-stack tech platform for universities to deliver online courses and degree programs. It enables learners to advance their careers through programs focused on upskilling, reskilling, and workforce development.
MIND architects
Spread is a design ecosystem, a multiple award winning firm, shaping brands, experiences, and behaviours across sectors like health, infrastructure, policy, retail, sustainability, and tech. Part of the World Design Organisation and winner of Red Dot among other design awards.
UNext is India’s leading online learning and talent transformation company, providing a full-stack tech platform for universities to deliver online courses and degree programs. It enables learners to advance their careers through programs focused on upskilling, reskilling, and workforce development.
