1) The document discusses the importance of spending enough time understanding stakeholders and defining the problem statement when using the design thinking process. 2) It emphasizes not negating any ideas during brainstorming and evaluating, prototyping, and testing ideas with stakeholders before full implementation. 3) The author applies lessons learned from the design thinking process, like constantly empathizing with stakeholders, spending time defining a SMART problem statement, and prototyping/testing before completing a design, to their work consulting businesses and designing learning interventions.

1. By
Sirisha Bhamidipati

2.  Enough time needs to be spent in
understanding the stakeholders and defining
the problem statement
 While brainstorming, do not negate any ideas
or consider feasibility
 It is important to evaluate, prototype and test
ideas with the stakeholders before full fledged
execution

3. Empathize
Say
Do Think
Feel
Define
needs
because
Ideate
Prototype
Test
Design
Thinking
process

4. I am in the business of consulting for businesses and designing
customized learning interventions.
I do follow a process today but there are some aspects I learnt in
DTAL – which are very useful at my work place –
 Constantly empathize with the stakeholders
 Spend elaborate amount of time defining a SMART problem
statement
 Prototype and test before jumping to complete design

5.  DTAL will be extremely useful in the
Education sector –
 Millennial audience do not take canned solutions/
learning interventions . They rather prefer learning
oriented towards a goal – what they want, the way
they want
 Prototyping and testing will be a useful step as the
demand is for new innovative, interesting and
engaging solutions.