Prateek Shankar

Examiner
DISC Type : sc

Planetary Civics Lead at Dark Matter Labs

Berlin Metropolitan Area, Germany

Overview

Prateek Shankar is a Strategic Designer at Dark Matter Labs, where he leads the Planetary Civics inquiry. He specializes in systems design, governance, and social justice, leveraging his background from the Rhode Island School of Design. Colleagues describe him as thoughtful, creative, and a great team collaborator.

As a writer and educator, Prateek explores complex topics like decoloniality, language, and the impact of socio-ecological crises. He actively publishes reflections on geopolitical risks and concepts like "Planetary Melancholia, " demonstrating a deep engagement with pressing global challenges outside of his primary role.

Unique fact: Prateek developed the concept of "extralingual citizenship" to analyze the role of language and governance in postcolonial India.

Personality Overview

Tough To Convince

Unexpressive

Late Adopter

They tend to have clarity about their needs and constraints, and are unlikely to over-promise.  They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Topics They Care About

Planetary Governance
Leads the Planetary Civics inquiry at Dark Matter Labs and recently launched the "Planetary Compendium, " a resource for new models of governing life on Earth.
Systems Design
Applies systems thinking to develop new institutional and civic mechanisms that can respond to interconnected, cascading global crises.
Social & Climate Justice
His work is centered on addressing socio-ecological challenges and enabling regenerative futures governed by principles of equity and planetary stewardship.

Media Appearances

Prateek has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2025
Planetary Civics Lead at Dark Matter Labs
3-2024 - 4-2025
Strategic Design & Research — Planetary Civics at Dark Matter Labs
1-2012
Transdisciplinary Designer / Design Generalist at Freelance
3-2025 - 6-2025
Studio Co-Lead / Visiting Lecturer at RMIT University
2-2023 - 1-2024
Adjunct Lecturer — Theory + History of Art & Design at Rhode Island School of Design

Education

Master of Arts - MA from Rhode Island School of Design
Bachelor's degree from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

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Insights For Selling To Prateek

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • First of all, focus on building their confidence by sharing examples, case studies etc.
  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control

DONT's

  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Don't push them too hard to make fast decisions, give them time
  • Don't be very accepting if that is your natural style, stay firm

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Prateek is

  • Low-risk, adoption by others are very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Prateek

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Prateek move?

  • They do not like to rush and therefore can be quite slow in their decision-making.
  • Can Prateek take some risk or not?

  • They have little risk-appetite and prefer to take measured decisions.

You And Prateek

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