From Tata nano to the Supply chain model of Dabbawalla all of them have thought differently & thus are recognized globally.
But from where does the Inspiration to think differently comes from. I guess it comes from a Purpose & from where does the purpose comes from. Your purpose may come from when you Hate something so bad that it becomes your purpose to change something.
Have a look at the following ad of Honda talking about the same philosophy of Hating something & changing something.
Many companies are trying to make a change by thinking Different. D light is a solar powered lighting company that came out of Stanford D School. The company adopts design thinking philosophy & has the purpose of providing light for 100 million products by 2020. The company operates in India, China & East Africa.
Dr. Venkataswamy had a purpose to eliminate needless blindness & thus he set up Aravind which today is the largest & most productive eye care facility in the world. Have a look at his story. Also note how he drew example from Mc Donald's & wanted to set up franchisee based system for eye hospital (Cross Disciplinary learning- one of the key skills of a Design Thinker).
TV commercials by Idea Mobile (cellular service in India) also talks about thinking different & briniging a change. check out the following commercial highlighting the power of Mobile telephony to address the socially relevant theme of education in India & how we can teach more students with the same number of teachers available.
Recently Michael Pritchard gave a talk at TED GLOBAL about his Lifesaver filter which he created with a purpose of providing filthy water drinkable to everyone, anytime, anywhere. Have a look at his talk in which he highlight that by having a purpose & thinking different he was able to create lifesaver filter. Have a look.
So in short Hate something, have a Purpose, Think Different & Change something
Thanks
Neeraj
Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bh3HP51rJs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cjnNPua7Ag
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwRCBHhyrAA
http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/commercials/2005/10/Apple-think-different.jpg