Creator Mind
Navigate complexity proactively in your job role
Design Sense™
Path and framework to transform intent into creative impact.
Get ready with future skills
Crafters Course
Creative Leadership and Entrepreneurship
by Spread and UNext
16 Weekends
120+ Hours
November 2025
Online
INR 50,000
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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 the 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
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.
SHIFTS™ Study
Work in teams to develop a social, human, and insights, futures study.
MIND Gains
MIND Senseis
Masters in the creative circuit!
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.
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.
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.
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.
MIND Aspirers
Transdisciplinary talent - dreamers, creatives, visionaries.
Techizens
Digitalists
Designers
Writers
Musicians
Artists
Filmmakers
Bloggers
Techizens
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.
Brand Mind
Bring your own Brand to Market
AI Mind
Upskill to access and leverage the world’s forefront knowledge
Influencer Mind
Have your own gig, on your terms, earn what you deserve.
MIND is TOPS!
T
Talent meets bold Imagination
O
Opportunity to solve the biggest challenges
P
Potential gets on the path to realisation
S
Success becomes possible with future skills
Prototype the Future
Immersive frameworks, team based challenges and expert mentorship, through concepts, exercises, and real world applications.
At Design Barn
An independent open innovation centre, where you build prototypes. A blank canvas for creative impact
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
Girshraj Nair
Co-founder of Spread Design and Innovation, business transformationist
Ambrish Sinha
Founding CEO, UNext Learning
Tech visionary and strategist
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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
MIND CAST
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.
Who is it for?
Transdisciplinary talent – dreamers, creatives, visionaries.
Techizens, Digitalists, Designers, Writers, Musicians, Artists, Educators, Filmmakers
Bloggers, Researchers, Social Advocates, Marketeers, Entrepreneurs
About Spread and UNext
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.
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.
How is MIND different from other courses?
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for gig workers, C suites, final year students, intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs, employees.
- Collaborate directly with industry experts from around the world.
- Tackle complex industrial problems
- Learn how to brand yourself strategically
What will I learn in 4 months?
12 sharp modules over the course of 16 weekends.
Design Sense ™ Pathway, DICE, AI Craft, SHIFTS, Prototyping
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- 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 and leverage the world’s forefront knowledge
- 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. It’s time to Design. Act. React.
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 given on this page.
Expect a call from us.
The next steps will be followed as per the conversation we have with you.
What equipment do I need?
A laptop, stable internet, headphones—and an open mind.
What happens in a MIND session?
Hands on and action packed sessions focussed on building real time prototypes with LIVE examples, and frameworks.
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.
MIND Architects
Spread translates intent into impact, brands and experiences. Integrating strategy and craft, the physical and digital to explode possibilities.
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.