MODULE: Formation and empowerment of the group SUBJECT TITLE: Design Thinking Nadzeya Putsiata
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Acquaintance/ team building methods
Design Thinking
To provide participants with knowledge about the peculiarities of design-based thinking, about the strengths of the method and its implementation stages. To introduce this method as an effective tool for teamwork and for team empowerment in making various decisions and addressing challenges.
From 2–4 hours to 1 week.
Various writing tools, sheets of paper of various sizes, computers, projector, writing board. When implementing the practical task, more diverse measures may be needed, which will become clearer in the course of the task.
10–20 participants.
A large poster is hung on the wall. All participants are given many sticky notes of different colours and are asked to write on them one or more problems (local, national or global). Each participant thinks and writes individually, about 5 minutes are given for this task. Each participant is then invited to approach the poster, introduce themselves briefly, and stick their stickers on the poster with the problems written on, presenting why they wrote down the particular problem.
The theoretical part specifies seven tasks: Task no. 1 In a group, choose the problem you want to solve using the design thinking method. The solution to the problem may be to create some product. The problem can be both general, e.g. ecological problems in the city, as well as a very local one, such as the ecological environment at school. Task no. 2. Prepare 10 questions for your chosen topic to ask during the interview. Select 5–10 people who face the chosen problem in one way or another and interview them. Practical tasks
Task no. 3: Fill in all parts “SAY”, “DO”, “THINK”, “FEEL” of the square with the data you received during the interview. From all the data obtained, depict one character (in as much detail as possible): what does he/she like, what is he/she afraid of, what places does he/she visit, what does he/she read, and so on. Write down what your character’s needs have been discovered. Highlight insights. Task no. 4: Based on the image of the highlighted character, you can specify the task you will be solving. For example: “In the beginning, we highlighted the problem of the ecological environment at our school. And now we realized that our character is interested in a specific issue: sorting garbage at our school.”
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