The word paradigm has various meanings in scientific, academic and business senses. The word generally means anything that serves as a sample or an example. It can also be referred as a model or pattern. In art, the word specifically means a fresh thought or view about something. In business it means a new way of building up the business and satisfying the customers. In academics, the change that happens when students start thinking about group work rather than relying on lectures, it would be a new paradigm.