The document discusses the need to improve education systems to better empower children. It notes that current systems lack work ethics, do not energize creativity, and narrow thinking too early. The empathy map identifies that schools do not enable independent or out of the box thinking. The problem statement expresses the need for schools to teach independence, creativity, problem-solving, and life skills to help children excel.

1. Design Thinking Action Lab –
Assignment – Empathize and
Define
Anupama
5th Aug 2013

2. Empathy map - Say
1. Child needs to be taught strong work ethics that is lacking
today
2. Education to enable the child to explore his/her potential
3. Current system does not energize the child to be creative
4. Education system is prescriptive
5. Sense of what to do is missing
6. Education system should encourage breadth of thinking
7. System narrows down thinking too early and options are
closed
8. School to provide a set of things that will help the child to
explore and come up with different options

3. Empathy map - Think
• School does not enable the child to think on
its own
• Skills that will make the child think out of the
box lacking
• Most Kids from today’s school can do what is
said

4. Empathy map - Feel
• Parents have an important role to play
• Parents can help children to be more creative
by spending time
• Feels that anything that the child does should
be encouraged and appreciated
• Religion and other restrictions should not be
imposed

5. Problem statement
• As a parent, I need schools to teach kids to be
independent, be creative and enable them to
to understand problems, evaluate options and
excel in life