Designing Your Life

Engineered at Stanford University,

A Design Framework for Intentional Change.

Upcoming Designing Your Life Workshops for Individuals

BANGALORE

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MUMBAI

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NEW DELHI

November 09th - 10th, 2024

Our Mission

Every person, a flourishing life.

Every life, designed intentionally.

A global movement, Designing Your Life (DYL)’s mission is to empower people to use the innovation principles of Design Thinking for life and work—to build a future that is both meaningful and fulfilling.

Engineered at Stanford, the Life Design framework, tools, and mindsets allow people to design future possibilities for their lives and careers, and build a life that works for them—regardless of who or where they are, what they do (or have done) for a living, or how young or old they are.

Discover the Programs

Not by default,

but by design.

Whether it may be your life and career, a student’s future or the engagement of employees at your organisation, DYL empowers you to empower, both yourself and others, to design a more flourishing and successful tomorrow.

For Individuals

Learn the framework, tools, and skills to design and
build a life you love—through workshops and 1-1 Coaching.

For Universities

Help students explore possibilities, navigate
options, and build their future with intent and action.

For High Schoolers

Empower teenagers to discover their ‘self,’ design their tomorrow, and draft their dreams into reality.

For Corporates

Engage, align, and empower employees to redesign—
rather than resign—from their work life.

Discover the Programs

Not by default,

but by design.

Engineered at

In the early 2010s, the “Designing Your Life” (DYL) program emerged from the creative minds at Stanford University, by Professors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, both seasoned designers and educators. Drawing upon their extensive experiences in Silicon Valley and human-centered design, they recognized a need to apply design principles not only to products but also to the most important project of all: life.

The Stanford Life Design Lab (d.life) became the incubator for this groundbreaking approach, teaching courses, delivering programs, and conducting research applying the innovation principles of Design Thinking to the problems of life, education, and vocation.

by Professors

Bill & Dave

With their bestselling books Designing Your Life and Designing
Your Work Life, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans have gone on to
impact millions of lives around the world with their proven
methodologies developed at Stanford.

Dave Evans is a lecturer for the Design Program at
Stanford. With an extensive experience of 30+
years in management consulting, he co-founded
Electronic Arts and also introduced the
computer mouse to the world while at Apple.

Bill Burnett is the Executive Director of the
Design Program at Stanford. He holds a
number of mechanical and design patents,
and design awards for a variety of products
including the first “slate” computer.

Start your journey with

Navyug Mohnot

Stanford Certified “Designing Your Life”

Educator, Coach and Facilitator

Harvard Certified Leadership Coach

Visiting Faculty, Ashoka University

Visting Faculty, IIT Jodhpur

CEO, QAI Global

Founder & CEO, QGLUE

Navyug Mohnot is the CEO of QAI, a trans-national Process Improvement consulting organisation, and the Founder & CEO of QGLUE, a consulting, coaching, and training company helping enterprises and individuals to adopt and embrace the ‘design-led way’ to foster innovation and success.

He is also a Stanford-trained “Designing Your Life” (DYL) Coach, Facilitator, and Educator for Universities, and brought the renowned program to India for the first time as Visiting Faculty at Ashoka University.

“ Live a life of ‘AND’

and not ‘OR’ ”

Based on my life experiments and experiences, I have found that it’s possible to “design” one’s way forward and live a life of ‘AND’ rather than ‘OR.’

The future does not exist, but a limitless
number of possible futures exist, and can be
created.

What if we could use a process to create a
flourishing, happy AND successful life?
Generate both money AND meaning?
Now we can.

Together, we will work to reflect and
collaborate, venture and explore your multiple
futures, and experience the shift towards a life
with meaning and fulfilment.

“Want to find fulfilment at last?

Think like a designer”

“[DYL] has become one of the most popular electives at [Stanford]. The method has been the subject of two PhD theses and has demonstrated significant results in helping people design the life they want.”