Design Thinking Action Lab Assignment : Ideate

1. Stanford Online - Design Thinking Action Lab
Assignment : IDEATE
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Sathya Ganapathi

2. Problem Statement
Mr. Karthick B.Tech in Computer Science (Final Semester) Bangalore

3. Problem Statement
Mr. Karthick (Stakeholder), B.Tech in Computer Science, Final Semester, Bangalore... is motivated,
talented & a hard-worker... (needs) EnglishFluency to Communicate well in a corporate environment...
(insight) believes that the steps he’s taking is directing him in the right path. Schools and Universities
should prepare the students according to the corporate needs along with their syllabus. Constant
guidance and support at all stages.

4. Step 1 - Idea Generation
What are the most obvious solutions for this problem?
1. Feel free to Converse in English with (a) friends (b) family
2. Read English story books, dailies, newspapers, magazines,...
3. Watch English movies, talk shows, NEWS channels,...
4. Needs to practice reading, writing and speech to become more fluent in English
5. Join more courses in communication and personality development
6. Every day learn atleast 5 to 10 new words
7. When you learn a new word try to play forming sentences and check with your friends/family for
improvement and other ways to use the word.
8. Should not feel shy to clarify doubts and learn from others

5. What can you add, remove or modify from those initial solutions?
1. Expand the network, meet new people and improve the conversation skills
2. Universities should come up with more interactive sessions to prepare the students for their
future work environment
3. Assignments which will help the students to think out of the box
4. Assignments which will help the students to communicate their ideas clearly
5. Few minutes of ‘Did you know’ sessions where students can share the new words they learnt
6. Photo captioning exercises to photo essay exercises

6. How would a 5-year-old child solve the problem?
1. Immitating
2. Asking a lot of questions
3. Being fearless
4. Curious to learn, explore & try new things
5. Being in the moment, helps to concentrate more in learning
6. Easily remembers

7. How would you solve the problem if you had an unlimited budget?
1. Travel more and meet more people
2. Will try to do everything that scares me the most to overcome my fears and build my self-esteem
3. Meet professionals in my field, learn the required skill sets for my career
4. Take internships with companies where i’ll get more exposure and challenging projects
5. Join courses to improve my language skills
6. Participate in competitions related to my field to improve and learn from others
7. Join career related groups
8. Attend seminars from other universities related to my course
9. Build my professional & personal network

8. How would you solve the problem without spending any money?
1. Participate in online competitions related to my field to improve and learn from others
2. Research through internet and keep myself updated
3. Join career related groups on Social network
4. Build Social Network
5. Take online free mock-tests, aptitude tests,...

9. How would you solve this problem if you had control over the laws of nature
1. Appoint more passionate, inspiring teachers
2. Assignments with quick deadlines to prepare the students for their work culture
3. Making the students understand that it’s okay to make mistakes
4. We learn from our mistakes and others mistakes
5. More supportive environment to bring out the best in each student
6. More one-to-one interaction to help the students at all stages

10. Step 2 - Idea Selection
The most practical idea
Feel free to converse in English with (a) friends (b) family
The most disruptive idea
Take online free mock-tests, aptitude tests,...
Your favorite idea
Making the students understand that it’s okay to make mistakes