EMPATHY
MAP
Empathy Map
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1.WHO are we empathizing with?
Who is the person we want to understand?
What is the situation they are in?
What is their role the situation?
2.What do they need to DO?
What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done?
What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?
3.What do they SEE?
What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment?
What do they see others saying and coming?
What are they watching and reading?
4.What do they SAY?
What have we heard them say?
What can we imagine them saying?
5.What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed?
What can we imagine them doing?
6.What do they HEAR?
What are they hearing others say?
What are they hearing from friends?
What are they hearing from colleagues?
What are they hearing second-hand?
7.What do they
THINK and FEEL?
PAINS
What are their
fears, frustations and
anxieties?
GAINS
What are
Their wants,
needs, Hopes
And dreams?
1.WHO are we empathizing with?
Who is the person we want to understand?
What is the situation they are in?
What is their role the situation?
2.What do they need to DO?
What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done?
What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?
3.What do they SEE?
What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment?
What do they see others saying and coming?
What are they watching and reading?
4.What do they SAY?
What have we heard them say?
What can we imagine them saying?
5.What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed?
What can we imagine them doing?
6.What do they HEAR?
What are they hearing others say?
What are they hearing from friends?
What are they hearing from colleagues?
What are they hearing second-hand?
7.What do they
THINK and FEEL?
PAINS
What are their
fears, frustations and
anxieties?
GAINS
What are
Their wants,
needs, Hopes
And dreams?
Empathy Map
Empathy Map
1.WHO are we empathizing with?
Who is the person we want to understand?
What is the situation they are in?
What is their role the situation?
2.What do they need to DO?
What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done?
What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?
3.What do they SEE?
What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment?
What do they see others saying and coming?
What are they watching and reading?
4.What do they SAY?
What have we heard them say?
What can we imagine them saying?
5.What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed?
What can we imagine them doing?
6.What do they HEAR?
What are they hearing others say?
What are they hearing from friends?
What are they hearing from colleagues?
What are they hearing second-hand?
7.What do they
THINK and FEEL?
PAINS
What are their
fears, frustations and
anxieties?
GAINS
What are
Their wants,
needs, Hopes
And dreams?
Empathy Map
1.WHO are we empathizing with?
Who is the person we want to understand?
What is the situation they are in?
What is their role the situation?
2.What do they need to DO?
What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done?
What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?
3.What do they SEE?
What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment?
What do they see others saying and coming?
What are they watching and reading?
4.What do they SAY?
What have we heard them say?
What can we imagine them saying?
5.What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed?
What can we imagine them doing?
6.What do they HEAR?
What are they hearing others say?
What are they hearing from friends?
What are they hearing from colleagues?
What are they hearing second-hand?
7.What do they
THINK and FEEL?
PAINS
What are their
fears, frustations and
anxieties?
GAINS
What are
Their wants,
needs, Hopes
And dreams?
Empathy Map
1.WHO are we empathizing with?
Who is the person we want to understand?
What is the situation they are in?
What is their role the situation?
2.What do they need to DO?
What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done?
What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?
3.What do they SEE?
What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment?
What do they see others saying and coming?
What are they watching and reading?
4.What do they SAY?
What have we heard them say?
What can we imagine them saying?
5.What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed?
What can we imagine them doing?
6.What do they HEAR?
What are they hearing others say?
What are they hearing from friends?
What are they hearing from colleagues?
What are they hearing second-hand?
7.What do they
THINK and FEEL?
PAINS
What are their
fears, frustations and
anxieties?
GAINS
What are
Their wants,
needs, Hopes
And dreams?
Empathy Map
1.WHO are we empathizing with?
Who is the person we want to understand?
What is the situation they are in?
What is their role the situation?
2.What do they need to DO?
What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done?
What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?
3.What do they SEE?
What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment?
What do they see others saying and coming?
What are they watching and reading?
4.What do they SAY?
What have we heard them say?
What can we imagine them saying?
5.What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed?
What can we imagine them doing?
6.What do they HEAR?
What are they hearing others say?
What are they hearing from friends?
What are they hearing from colleagues?
What are they hearing second-hand?
7.What do they
THINK and FEEL?
PAINS
What are their
fears, frustations and
anxieties?
GAINS
What are
Their wants,
needs, Hopes
And dreams?
Empathy Map
1.WHO are we empathizing with?
Who is the person we want to understand?
What is the situation they are in?
What is their role the situation?
2.What do they need to DO?
What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done?
What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?
3.What do they SEE?
What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment?
What do they see others saying and coming?
What are they watching and reading?
4.What do they SAY?
What have we heard them say?
What can we imagine them saying?
5.What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed?
What can we imagine them doing?
6.What do they HEAR?
What are they hearing others say?
What are they hearing from friends?
What are they hearing from colleagues?
What are they hearing second-hand?
7.What do they
THINK and FEEL?
PAINS
What are their
fears, frustations and
anxieties?
GAINS
What are
Their wants,
needs, Hopes
And dreams?
Empathy Map
1.WHO are we empathizing with?
Who is the person we want to understand?
What is the situation they are in?
What is their role the situation?
2.What do they need to DO?
What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done?
What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?
3.What do they SEE?
What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment?
What do they see others saying and coming?
What are they watching and reading?
4.What do they SAY?
What have we heard them say?
What can we imagine them saying?
5.What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed?
What can we imagine them doing?
6.What do they HEAR?
What are they hearing others say?
What are they hearing from friends?
What are they hearing from colleagues?
What are they hearing second-hand?
7.What do they
THINK and FEEL?
PAINS
What are their
fears, frustations and
anxieties?
GAINS
What are
Their wants,
needs, Hopes
And dreams?
Empathy Map
1.WHO ARE WE EMPATHIZING WITH?
 Who is the person we want to understand?
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Empathy Map
2.WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO?
 What do they need to do differently?
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Empathy Map
3.WHAT DO THEY SEE?
 What do they see in the marketplace?
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Empathy Map
4.WHAT DO THEY SAY?
 What have we heard them say?
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Empathy Map
5.WHAT DO THEY DO?
 What do they do today?
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Empathy Map
6.WHAT DO THEY HEAR?
 What are they hearing others say?
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Empathy Map
7.WHAT DO THEY THINK AND FEEL?
 PAINS - What are their fears, frustations and anxieties?
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Empathy Map
WHO are we empathizing with?
Who is the person we want to understand?
What is the situation they are in?
What is their role the situation?
What do they need to DO?
What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done?
What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?
What do they SEE?
What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment?
What do they see others saying and coming?
What are they watching and reading?
What do they SAY?
What have we heard them say?
What can we imagine them saying?
What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed?
What can we imagine them doing?
What do they HEAR?
What are they hearing others say?
What are they hearing from friends?
What are they hearing from colleagues?
What are they hearing second-hand?
What do they
THINK and FEEL?
PAINS
What are their
fears, frustations and
anxieties?
GAINS
What are
Their wants,
needs, Hopes
And dreams?
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Empathy Map
WHO are we empathizing with?
Who is the person we want to understand?
What is the situation they are in?
What is their role the situation?
What do they need to DO?
What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done?
What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?
What do they SEE?
What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment?
What do they see others saying and coming?
What are they watching and reading?
What do they SAY?
What have we heard them say?
What can we imagine them saying?
What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed?
What can we imagine them doing?
What do they HEAR?
What are they hearing others say?
What are they hearing from friends?
What are they hearing from colleagues?
What are they hearing second-hand?
What do they
THINK and FEEL?
PAINS
What are their
fears, frustations and
anxieties?
GAINS
What are
Their wants,
needs, Hopes
And dreams?
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1.WHO are we empathizing with?
Who is the person we want to understand?
What is the situation they are in?
What is their role the situation?
2.What do they need to DO?
What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done?
What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?
3.What do they SEE?
What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment?
What do they see others saying and coming?
What are they watching and reading?
4.What do they SAY?
What have we heard them say?
What can we imagine them saying?
5.What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed?
What can we imagine them doing?
6.What do they HEAR?
What are they hearing others say?
What are they hearing from friends?
What are they hearing from colleagues?
What are they hearing second-hand?
7.What do they
THINK and FEEL?
PAINS
What are their
fears, frustations
and anxieties?
GAINS
What are
Their wants,
needs, Hopes
And dreams?
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Empathy Mapping: The First Step in Design Thinking

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    Empathy Map a a 1.WHO arewe empathizing with? Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in? What is their role the situation? 2.What do they need to DO? What do they need to do differently? What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make? How will we know they were successful? 3.What do they SEE? What do they see in the marketplace? What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and coming? What are they watching and reading? 4.What do they SAY? What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying? 5.What do they DO? What do they do today? What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing? 6.What do they HEAR? What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand? 7.What do they THINK and FEEL? PAINS What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? GAINS What are Their wants, needs, Hopes And dreams?
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    1.WHO are weempathizing with? Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in? What is their role the situation? 2.What do they need to DO? What do they need to do differently? What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make? How will we know they were successful? 3.What do they SEE? What do they see in the marketplace? What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and coming? What are they watching and reading? 4.What do they SAY? What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying? 5.What do they DO? What do they do today? What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing? 6.What do they HEAR? What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand? 7.What do they THINK and FEEL? PAINS What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? GAINS What are Their wants, needs, Hopes And dreams? Empathy Map
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    Empathy Map 1.WHO arewe empathizing with? Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in? What is their role the situation? 2.What do they need to DO? What do they need to do differently? What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make? How will we know they were successful? 3.What do they SEE? What do they see in the marketplace? What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and coming? What are they watching and reading? 4.What do they SAY? What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying? 5.What do they DO? What do they do today? What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing? 6.What do they HEAR? What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand? 7.What do they THINK and FEEL? PAINS What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? GAINS What are Their wants, needs, Hopes And dreams?
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    Empathy Map 1.WHO arewe empathizing with? Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in? What is their role the situation? 2.What do they need to DO? What do they need to do differently? What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make? How will we know they were successful? 3.What do they SEE? What do they see in the marketplace? What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and coming? What are they watching and reading? 4.What do they SAY? What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying? 5.What do they DO? What do they do today? What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing? 6.What do they HEAR? What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand? 7.What do they THINK and FEEL? PAINS What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? GAINS What are Their wants, needs, Hopes And dreams?
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    Empathy Map 1.WHO arewe empathizing with? Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in? What is their role the situation? 2.What do they need to DO? What do they need to do differently? What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make? How will we know they were successful? 3.What do they SEE? What do they see in the marketplace? What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and coming? What are they watching and reading? 4.What do they SAY? What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying? 5.What do they DO? What do they do today? What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing? 6.What do they HEAR? What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand? 7.What do they THINK and FEEL? PAINS What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? GAINS What are Their wants, needs, Hopes And dreams?
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    Empathy Map 1.WHO arewe empathizing with? Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in? What is their role the situation? 2.What do they need to DO? What do they need to do differently? What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make? How will we know they were successful? 3.What do they SEE? What do they see in the marketplace? What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and coming? What are they watching and reading? 4.What do they SAY? What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying? 5.What do they DO? What do they do today? What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing? 6.What do they HEAR? What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand? 7.What do they THINK and FEEL? PAINS What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? GAINS What are Their wants, needs, Hopes And dreams?
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    Empathy Map 1.WHO arewe empathizing with? Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in? What is their role the situation? 2.What do they need to DO? What do they need to do differently? What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make? How will we know they were successful? 3.What do they SEE? What do they see in the marketplace? What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and coming? What are they watching and reading? 4.What do they SAY? What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying? 5.What do they DO? What do they do today? What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing? 6.What do they HEAR? What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand? 7.What do they THINK and FEEL? PAINS What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? GAINS What are Their wants, needs, Hopes And dreams?
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    Empathy Map 1.WHO arewe empathizing with? Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in? What is their role the situation? 2.What do they need to DO? What do they need to do differently? What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make? How will we know they were successful? 3.What do they SEE? What do they see in the marketplace? What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and coming? What are they watching and reading? 4.What do they SAY? What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying? 5.What do they DO? What do they do today? What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing? 6.What do they HEAR? What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand? 7.What do they THINK and FEEL? PAINS What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? GAINS What are Their wants, needs, Hopes And dreams?
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    Empathy Map 2.WHAT DOTHEY NEED TO DO?  What do they need to do differently? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit
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    Empathy Map 3.WHAT DOTHEY SEE?  What do they see in the marketplace? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit
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    Empathy Map 4.WHAT DOTHEY SAY?  What have we heard them say? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit
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    Empathy Map 5.WHAT DOTHEY DO?  What do they do today? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit
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    Empathy Map 6.WHAT DOTHEY HEAR?  What are they hearing others say? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit
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    Empathy Map 7.WHAT DOTHEY THINK AND FEEL?  PAINS - What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit
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    Empathy Map WHO arewe empathizing with? Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in? What is their role the situation? What do they need to DO? What do they need to do differently? What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make? How will we know they were successful? What do they SEE? What do they see in the marketplace? What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and coming? What are they watching and reading? What do they SAY? What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying? What do they DO? What do they do today? What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing? What do they HEAR? What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand? What do they THINK and FEEL? PAINS What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? GAINS What are Their wants, needs, Hopes And dreams? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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    Empathy Map WHO arewe empathizing with? Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in? What is their role the situation? What do they need to DO? What do they need to do differently? What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make? How will we know they were successful? What do they SEE? What do they see in the marketplace? What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and coming? What are they watching and reading? What do they SAY? What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying? What do they DO? What do they do today? What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing? What do they HEAR? What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand? What do they THINK and FEEL? PAINS What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? GAINS What are Their wants, needs, Hopes And dreams? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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    a a a 1.WHO are weempathizing with? Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in? What is their role the situation? 2.What do they need to DO? What do they need to do differently? What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make? How will we know they were successful? 3.What do they SEE? What do they see in the marketplace? What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and coming? What are they watching and reading? 4.What do they SAY? What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying? 5.What do they DO? What do they do today? What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing? 6.What do they HEAR? What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand? 7.What do they THINK and FEEL? PAINS What are their fears, frustations and anxieties? GAINS What are Their wants, needs, Hopes And dreams?
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