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Crafters Course
Creative Leadership and Entrepreneurship Course by Spread and UNEXT
- 16 Weekends
- 120+ Hours
- Online
- Nov 2025
Course Fee
INR 50,000
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MIND voyage
Become future-ready, purpose-led design leaders.
Boost cognitive capacity and neuroplasticity with new tools and concepts. Navigate complex challenges from intent to action, idea to prototype. Expand possibilities through strategic systems and ecosystem thinking.
Stretch
Stretch the thinking with new ideas, concepts and practices
Flow
Stretch the thinking with new ideas, concepts and practices
Expand
Stretch the thinking with new ideas, concepts and practices
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 practical’s 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
Creator 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
possible with future skills
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 the MIND course about?
MIND, Crafters Course, Creative Leadership and Entrepreneurship, by Spread and UNext is a 16-weekend journey to prototype real-world solutions. Through frameworks, mentorship, immersive challenges, creative solutions and future-facing systems.
Preparing talented creatives to lead projects end-to-end, through active engagement and output on real-world challenges. With mentorship, tools, frameworks, guidance and clear pathways and resources. Working in teams and/or independently.
Master Design Sense™, explore AI, systems, and strategy. Learn from world-class mentors, practical frameworks, and a creative playbook. With a sharp, diverse and creative crew of designers, techizens, educators, and makers.
Elevate your game, own your brand, and shape what’s next.
Be limitless.
What will happen in the course?
Master Design Sense™, explore AI, systems, and strategy.
Learn from world-class mentors, practical frameworks, and a creative playbook for life.
Who is It For?
For those who want to stay relevant in an AI driven creator economy that is going through shifts and complex industrial problems. You can be a creator of any kind, an intrapreneur or entrepreneur or a fresher out of college.
Who is running the course?
Spread
A design ecosystem, a multiple award winning firm, shaping brands, experiences, and behaviours across sectors like health, infrastructure, policy, retail, sustainability, and tech. Integrating strategy, craft, and innovation to transform businesses, culture, and governance globally.
Spread is also a part of World Design Organisation second time in a row, with Sonia Manchanda, co-founder, re-elected as a board member of WDO, only one from India
Spread has also bagged the Red Dot award very recently.
UNext
UNext Learning, backed by the Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), offers tech-enabled upskilling, reskilling, and workforce programs, partnering with 3000+ companies, 500+ enterprises, transforming 5 lakh learners through impactful, affordable, lifelong learning solutions.
How is MIND different from other courses?
With this course you will –
- Get industry-relevant opportunities.
- Build more social influence while also representing their institutions.
- Work on industry projects, build real world prototype, that will add weightage to their portfolio.
- Take it up in addition to their graduation and diploma projects or even in their final years.
- Work alongside other talented folks to find cofounders, form transdisciplinary teams, work on a real world project, guided by global Senseis.
- Get access to tools and frameworks to transform the way they approach any creative project.
What will I learn in 4 months?
- Master Creative Frameworks & AI Tools
- How to bring your brand to market
- How to navigate complexity proactively in your job role
- How to have your own gig on your own terms
- How to upskill using AI.
- Along with a playbook, frameworks, and tools.
What is a DARE?
Taken from Design: Act: React, DARE means to take on real-world, complex, SDG driven, city-based challenges across diverse domains.
Our themes this time:
Conscious City | Climate Action | Gen AI & Ethics | Mental Health + Wellbeing | Ecosocial:Urbanisation | Culture Shifts | Crypto + Digital Economy | New Policy for a Changing World | Future of Learning.
Can I choose a DARE?
Your DARE will be given to you based on our analysis of your skillset and passion.
How do I apply?
- Fill out the form on the website.
- Expect a call back.
- Pass the MIND Quest test.
- Pass the MIND interview.
- Make the payment.
What equipment do I need?
A laptop, stable internet, headphones—and an open mind.
What happens in a MIND session?
We focus on building real time prototypes with LIVE examples, and frameworks, in teams which will compliment your passion and talent.
What if I miss a session?
Every session is recorded.
Every challenge is supported.
Every effort counts.
What is MIND CAST?
MIND CAST is where you decode the science of creative success by diving deep into factors that make creativity tick. By stepping into the minds of visionary creators. Where you join a vibrant community and spark fresh conversations. A live experience that fuels your imagination with the sharp insights and bold journeys of our Senseis.
How do I join MIND CAST?
Follow our posts on:
https://www.instagram.com/mind.crafterscourse/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/mind-crafterscourse
Registration link for each session will be given there.
How is this program different from any other online program, including say an MBA?
In this program, students get to learn the techniques of creative leaders. People who may also be entrepreneurs and know how to get into the details and make something out of nothing. So they learn the skills to take a challenge and reframe it as an opportunity, creating big bold ideas, prototyping them in groups of talented multifaceted, talented folks mentored by creative gurus who have done this multiple times, so it is different from other programs in that you don’t work alone. It’s not about the theory while the theory is important. You do get tools and frameworks that you can use forever and which empower you to lead tomorrow. You need to have a prototype of a fantastic idea which tomorrow makes your portfolio very real and makes you attractive as a creative leader within our organisations as a freelancer or if you’re looking for another job.
What is the eligibility to join?
Share your certifications of creative programs done and work completed because one is assuming that you already have basic creative training. Particular areas, and now you’re ready to lead projects from start to finish and play an important role in a team. This is a bridge program between academia and practice. This is a bridge program from doing everyday projects to doing audacious work.
Post your application and sign up we will take you through a very enjoyable orientation which includes MIND Quest, just to test your creativity and acumen for innovation and solutioning
Will this course help me to get a job?
While technology keeps changing what will not change is the need for creative thinking and resilience, building up your flexibility, mental agility, your capacity for curiosity and lifelong learning. Your social influence and your leadership capabilities. This is what will get built up in four months with very practical experience and exposure to the right people helping you build, not just your network but a support system ensuring that you are always in demand either independently or in the job market.
I am a YouTuber. I already know how to build my own brand and I have my own YouTube channel. Will your course help me increase my subscribers? I just want to have clarity about how your course will help me exclusively?
You will be exposed to other talent, and you will have guidance to help you look at your own work, critically and lift the experience, elevate the experience of what you’re doing, maybe by focusing a little bit more on your dream project on your Dream Brand, and getting the guidance to up your game to go from being a YouTuber to being a significant influencer.
They could be gaps in your brand or there could be tricks that you’re missing. Let’s address those and help you totally take your brand to a much higher level. You will get the strategic support and the provocations to take your game to the higher level.
You will be able to create a starting point for your brand and build your legacy without relying on the job market.
So what’s the benefit of this program and what’s the reason I should do it? What’s the purpose even?
Training to resolve challenges with skill, speed and imagination.
Staying relevant in the AI driven creator economy 2030-35 and having market presence. Find your Tribe / Group / People of Similar Talent / People who will compliment your talent.
MIND architects
Spread is your radical reimagination resource. We are proactivists. Translating intent into impact, brands and experiences. Integrating strategy and craft, the physical and digital to explode possibilities.
Part of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), UNext is making higher education accessible, offering tech-enabled upskilling, reskilling, and workforce programs, partnering with 3000+ companies, 500+ enterprises, and transforming 5 lakh learners through impactful, affordable, lifelong learning solutions.
