Intelligent Estimation
Build Critical Thinking skills, which help us stay relevant in a fast-changing world. Learn to look at a problems from multiple perspectives, create paths to move from the known to the unknown, and land in a "reasonable" place!
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15 August 2020
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About the Course
"This way of thinking will help you learn in one year, what took me two, or twenty!"
- from the book "The Art of Insight: Mastering Complexity"
Wouldn't it be fun to be in a class where the greatest emphasis is laid on "how you think", rather than the exact answer as printed on the back of your prescribed book? Why is this even important? Why do we need to sharpen this very essential skill - as essential as breathing, reading, and writing?
Leaders - in business/ science/ government/ and in many other disciplines - create impact through how well they are able to respond to critical situations, where there is no obvious answer, and they do not have all the input information they need.
Estimation has always been a core skill, and has become even more so in the 21st century where Google can provide answers at the click of a button. Facts or ideas children learn are often disparate and unconnected. To create meaning and have long-lasting learning, the pieces of knowledge should support each other through their connections. A habit like estimation, exercised regularly, activates the connections between facts and ideas and solidifies them in the learner’s mind. You can read more about this at our blog post here.
On this course, students will learn how to make 'intelligent' approximations, through ‘order of magnitude’ estimates.
They will be led to attempt an assortment of estimation tasks; after attempting these tasks, they will discuss what assumptions were made, how "reasonable" they were, and how underestimates and overestimates could be corrected. Read about the facilitator's experience in this blog post about the last edition of the course.
We can steer the course in any direction that the participants would like to - towards approaching business problems, or those in governance, or in Science!
About our Facilitator:
Rachit is an electronics engineer who has been designing analog circuits for the past decade. His work experience includes Cosmic Circuits and Cadence Design Systems (which acquired Cosmic Circuits), on the design of integrated circuits for audio codecs, serial interfaces, and phase locked loops amongst other things. He likes to spend his time on reading, understanding audio, building speakers, music, and sports.
Rachit has a Masters degree from the Centre For Electronic Design And Technology at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
Muralidhar (aka Murali) is senior mentor and course designer at GenWise with 20+ years of experience in the social sector. In addition to delivering Vocational Training to young adults, he is currently responsible for design, manufacturing and marketing operations at a traditional handicraft (wooden toys) enterprise near Bengaluru. Murali has also delivered training and professional development programs for secondary science teachers and 'making' skills to "gifted students" for around 4 years.
Murali has a bachelor's degree in Engineering from IIT Madras.