Steelcase enables 820 children in NCT of Delhi and rural Haryana to be change makers
Read how Steelcase CSR vision came to life
Read how Steelcase CSR vision came to life
Is a US based furniture company, founded in 1912 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and for the education, health care and retail industries.
"Steelcase and Drstikona brainstormed to come up with a future readiness Innovation and skilling program using Design Thinking for the students from EWS category"
an initiative in the school education space which enables the children for the future
"Historically the poorest of the poor have been deprived of the design ingenuity though they need it the most"
Give the underprivileged children of today, the tools to think for a better tomorrow. Using Design Thinking approach enables children with creativity and solutioning skills.
Drstikona put together a program involving various implementing entities for mobilisation, content, delivery, documentation, monitoring and follow through.
“Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”
The key challenges was to ensure that the teams worked together. Mobilising and ensuring the Beneficiary group continued to stay engaged was crucial too.
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together"
The children worked in teams to come up with a number of Innovative solutions, worked in teams to generate ideas which would solve the problems in their community/schools and or enhance their lives.