INK Future Makers
Purpose. Storytelling. INK-Style Talks. Collaboration
16th to 19th September 2023
About INK Future Makers
INK Future Makers is an exclusive program curated for your mid-to-senior leadership. The program will be a journey for leaders where they understand and align with purpose, learn to express that purpose, inspire others and collaborate with communities in unexpected, innovative ways.
The Challenge
Today’s leaders are all facing these and more challenges on a daily basis:
- To consistently be the face of their organization and a true ambassador of the company
- Expanding role requirements - from domain specific to broader business leadership roles
- Exposure to a widening and diverse stakeholder ecosystem
- To put the learnings from Leadership Development Programs and Experiences into Action
INK FUTURE MAKERS
Crafted Experiences designed for Tomorrow’s leaders to help them navigate unpredictability and innovate to make a difference
Facilitated by leading experts and coaches, this series of experiences takes leaders on a journey of self-discovery and creative exploration
For organization, this is an exciting opportunity to embed their leaders into a transformative journey of to becoming world ambassadors for their company, one step at a time
Program Highlights
Personal
Development
Through Immersive workshops on Storytelling, Personal Branding, and more.
Lifelong
Learning
Access to thought leaders through regular events and gatherings.
Collaboration
INK Fellows Community, speaker pool, INK Inner Circle Members, and Patrons.
THE CHALLENGE
To put the learnings from Leadership Development Programs and Experiences into Action
THE JOURNEY WILL ENABLE YOU TO...
Participant Profile
Combination of Senior-Level Executives and Start-Up Founders (Growth Stage)
Large and mid-size Indian and MNC organizations:
- Between 10-15 years of experience
- Recently taken on business or functional leadership roles
- High-potential candidates for organization leadership positions
- Organization leaders operating amidst everyday uncertainties and volatilities
Early-mid stage startup founders:
Entrepreneurs who have:
- Run their ventures successfully for 4-5 years
- Are looking to expand visibility for the organization into new markets and avenues
- Have recently been exposed to new stakeholders and new types of decision making
Program Objectives
Purpose
Storytelling
INK-Style Talks
Collaboration
Program Structure
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
IFM Chief Facilitator
Lakshmi Pratury
CEO, INK
Keynote Speaker, Leader & Storycurator
Lakshmi Pratury is a Business Leader, Entrepreneur, Curator, Speaker and Former venture capitalist. She is currently founder and CEO of INK.
Jesko von den Steinen
Lead Facilitator, PwC
Speaker, Actor, Storyteller & Filmmaker
Jesko is a Speaker, Actor, Performer, Choreographer, Filmmaker, Designer, and formerly a principal solo artist with Cirque du Soleil. He currently works as a creative director and professional Innovation strategist with PwC Hong Kong and Dubai.
CEO, INK
Keynote Speaker, Leader and Storycurator
Lakshmi Pratury is a business leader, entrepreneur, curator, speaker and former venture capitalist. She is currently founder and CEO of INK.
Through her talks and sessions, she brings a unique style of storytelling and innovative business practices into companies. Lakshmi has addressed large corporate organizations globally like Intel, Target, Google to name a few.
Lakshmi has been a keynote speaker at conferences such as TED, WIRED, World Economic Forum and has also been creating inspiring content on social platforms. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including being named in the Forbes’ list of "Women to Watch in Asia".
Lead Facilitator, PwC
Speaker, Actor, Storyteller and Filmmaker
Jesko is a Speaker, Actor, Performer, Choreographer, Filmmaker, Designer, and formerly a principal solo artist with Cirque du Soleil. He currently works as a creative director and professional Innovation strategist with PwC Hong Kong and Dubai.
Jesko has worked as an organizational innovation coach for various fortune 500 companies. He is a facilitator of LEGO® Serious Play® methodologies and a Trainer of Applied Complexity Science.
Jesko is a Professional Certified Facilitator with IAF, and a Professional Certified Coach with ICF. His interests are in strategic foresight and complexity science. Jesko is an advanced practitioner of the MG Taylor design & collaboration methodology.
Facilitator, Coach and Speaker
Gaurav Arora is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) from International Coaching Federation (ICF). He has a decade of rich experience in the professional services industry as a coach. He has a strong track record of building high performance leadership teams and has done so both in India and globally. He has served in the ICF Hyderabad Chapter as the president and is also trained in Facilitation Skills, and Large Scale Integration Processes (LSIP). He was honored with Global Young Leader's Award by ICF and has co-founded xMonks (Inspire Coaching Systems), a professional training and coaching company in 2009.
CEO - Thinking Partner
Pawan is an executive ‘thinking partner and business performance’ coach. He focuses on positive-reasoning to aid leaders, entrepreneurs and high potentials in reaching their career goals and enhance their executive function. With decades of C-Level leadership success at home and abroad, Pawan has a proven track record leading across cultures and managing change.
Executive Leadership Coach
Narayan is an Executive Leadership Coach associated with the Centre of Strategic Mindset (COSM). He believes that a leader is one who creates a significant positive impact on the lives of others. Narayan helps leaders multiply their leadership impact by working better with and through others. He is a credentialed (ICF PCC) Coach with 1600+ hours of coaching experience and holds multiple coaching certifications including Certified Executive Coach, Certified Leadership Coach, and Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching Certificate. Before launching his coaching practice in 2015, Narayan spent 25 years in a variety of functional and general management roles in large international companies in India and Singapore.
Executive Leadership Coach
Punam is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at the Centre of Strategic Mindset (COSM). She is a Marshall Certified Executive Coach and is also a trained Life Coach as well as an NLP Certified Coach. As a Marshall Goldsmith Certified Coach and facilitator, she helps young and emerging leaders deal with their FANS (Fears, Assumptions, Notions, and Self-Limiting Beliefs), effectively. She has played a big role in the creation of COSM’s Knowledge IPs, Frameworks, and Assessment tools. She brings a keen sense of observation in crafting behaviors w.r.t assessment tools.
IFM Coaches
Gaurav Arora
Pawan Malhotra
Narayan Kamath
Punam Choudhary
Executive Leadership Coach
IFM 2023 in collaboration with
A glimpse into our IFM Community
The IFM Program Alumni have combined experience of over 500 years from Global Institutions.
Registrations
Open
For September 2023 Cohort
In-person workshops 16th to 19th September 2023
The program is designed in a hybrid format.
The participant will begin their journey with 1:1 coaching to identify their core story. The 3-day Storytelling Sessions will be held in person as intensive workshops covering frameworks, and applications, and will end with each participant delivering a Curated Talk to the INK jury.
Please register for the program ONLY if you are able to travel to Alibag (near Mumbai) from September 16th to 19th 2023 for the in-person sessions.
Course Fee INR 2 Lakh + GST*
*program cost only. The participant will have to bear travel, logistics, and stay for the in person 3-day session. Please note the maximum number of participants in this cohort is 25.
OR
To directly speak to our team
Are You a Startup
Founder/Co-Founder?
Apply for a grant made possible by Google Art and Culture
(only 4 eligible entrepreneurs)
If you are a startup founder and are working in the areas of
1. Arts and Culture
2. Sustainability and Environment
3. AI and/or Technology-based Solutions for the Future
We invite you to apply for a grant made possible by:
Please check your eligibility and apply by filling out the form below.
Please note:
The grant will only cover the program cost for 4 selected entrepreneurs who are eligible and clear the selection process.
The participant will have to bear travel, logistics, and stay for the in-person 3-day session.
Last day of application 10th March 2023