LDS Design Sprint

Loughborough Design Sprint

What Is Lumi?

Welcome to Lumi, where we are dedicated to creating a motivating and inspirational learning environment. Our mission is to equip students with the skills they need to excel in an ever-changing job market. Through our focus on entrepreneurship, human-AI collaboration and character and values, we aim to build critical skills that will empower our students to make a positive impact on the world.

Lumi Quests

Participants embark on Quests that employ the design thinking process to comprehensively examine real-world issues, brainstorm and conceptualise innovative app-based solutions.

Lumi Quest Topics

• Inequality
• Sustainable Cities
• Climate Change

Aligning With SDGs

Up to 10 young people collaborate with involvment from employees and volunteers as subject matter experts or mentors across 15 sessions, utilising the best of breed tools:

Who We Work With?

The Foundation School Bangalore, India

India

A Big Four Accounting Firm

St Ignatius School Enfield, UK

Four international schools, South Korea

Dubai

Our Team

Ed-Tech & Multi-exit Entrepreneur

Design Thinking & Innovation

Technology & AI

Dr Christopher Shen Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer, San Francisco

Ethan Gill Tech Advisor London

Prashant Raizada Founder- CEO London

23+ year track record in 5 startups, incl. a $2bn exit. Recognised leader in global Ed-Tech

13+ years in software engineering at YouTube, Google and Deloitte

23+ years as VC, Stanford Professor & design thinking expert

Biz.Dev & Youth Skill Development

Product Delivery

Product Design & Delivery

Rosie Nicholas Partnerships Lead London

Darius Fernandes Product Design & Delivery, London

Nefelie Kalavrezou Product Delivery London

5+ years in sustainability and education

8+ years in education, former Partnerships leader at Latymer Foundation & Envision

2+ years product design & engineering in the UK and Germany

Our Facilitators

A team stemming from a global background

Members also from Loughborough

Want To Apply?

We are looking for:

Enthusiastic about AI, entrepreneurship and working in a startup

Have experience/interested in working with young people (10-25yr olds)

Interested to work with corporate partners and businesses

Interested in exploring and delving into real world and business problems

Keen to facilitate and communicate the design process

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

Send your CV and a 1 minute video introducing yourself and your reason for joining to darius@lumi.network

What We Offer

Facilitation Training

Exposure to high level individuals through partnerships

Work with people from all over the world

Increased payments reflective of commitment and recognition

Consolidate and impart knowledge

NSPCC, DBS Certifications

Opportunity to work in other areas of interest

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Background

Cities are at the forefront of the climate crisis and face the challenge of addressing both climate change and inequality simultaneously. Climate change greatens existing social and economic disparities, while urbanisation and infrastructure development contribute to environmental degradation. To create sustainable and equitable cities, innovative solutions are needed to tackle these interconnected issues.

Objective

Through an app, product or service how might we:- Reduce urban inequality and vulnerability to climate change - Enhance social, economic, and environmental resilience - Promote inclusive and sustainable development

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