Stanford D School assignment

1. Problem Statement for Ideas
• Original - Kirti a young intelligent female and
design graduate, felt her company didn’t
recognize her potential enough and the onus of
proving her capability was completely on her
• Redefined- Kirti a young intelligent female and
design graduate, needs reliable means to
demonstrate her capabilities so that the
company will recognize them

2. Ideas
Deep
Personality Tests
Elaborate
Simulation
Exercise
Compulsory
Assignment to a
breakthrough
project
Compulsory
department
wise rotation
Immediately
assigned to a
world class
learning course
Bidding to get
involved in a
project
Assigned to a
customer
interaction
program
Internal Project
with Aim to
create a
breakthrough
idea
EA for a week
with a Senior

3. Ideas
Given
Impossible
challenge to
complete
Challenge in an
area completely
different from
her comfort
Deep skill
assessment
Have a Safe Box
Team– to know true
motivations of
Employee
Day 1
Leadership
Program
Fund an External HR
Service. Which
continually takes Peer
feedback through
school and
college, before work
EA to CEO for a
week
All Night
Challenge
Shoot a movie
of your weekly
work

4. Ideas
Create and put new
joinees part of
Chairman Advisory
Council
Innovative
Bidding for new
projects – hours
you can put
A Help Bump
Mobile App – Every
time you help
someone in the org
they can give you a
bump up
First seen first
click project
allocations
Identify new
business for
company project
Drive CEO/ VP
home
Everyone is
given a modest
sales target
regardless of
their profile
Given them
10,000 dollars to
make a change in
organization
Trust Currency,
handed to
employee when
people find him
trust worthy

5. Ideas
Establish a New
Joinee and ex-
employee link
Interview 10
senior
employees
Clothes which
attract people to
the new joinee
A stylist for the
new Joinee
Network to actively
place to other
companies
respectfully
Employee Trading
Exchange
Employee
Loaning
Exchange
Mistakes tracker
Sole decider of
which new
project to take
forward

6. Ideas
Write Biography
of a senior
employee
Write a future
vision for the
company as a
long project
Share a hobby
with team
Amazing race/
Treasure hunt
with team
Share a
professional
course with a
team
Responsibility to
teach the team a
proper course
Send to
intercompany
employee
competition
Share a few days
stay with boss
Share a few days
stay with senior
colleague

7. Ideas
Ask new joinees to
create a Guiness
world record
Compulsory
Masters or PHD/
Knowledge
upskilling
Social
Responsibility
Project
Employee
Facebook
A 1000 dollar a month
program to fund a
necessary startup
which employee has to
start
A brain reading
device which can
assess potential
Compulsory
specialized/
domain skill
training not
related to work

8. Practical/ Wild/Favorite Ideas
• Favorite
• Practical
• Wilder
Given them
10,000 dollars to
make a change in
organization
Have a Safe Box
Team– to know true
motivations of
Employee
A 1000 dollar a month
program to fund a
necessary startup
which employee has to
start