Bogard needs a way to help school graduates transition into the workforce more smoothly in Mexico. Some challenges are unemployment among graduates, students not liking their chosen careers, lack of job preparation in schools, and disconnect between curriculum and business needs. The document discusses three ideas to address this: making the mandatory thesis more practical, having students recycle materials to both help the environment and generate new business ideas, and combining environmental education with community service projects involving trash pickup. Two prototypes are presented and tested: the first involves an environmental care course followed by a plan and trash pickup actions to create job ideas, but needs more details; the second focuses on research into solving problems with recycled materials but requires clarifying the student actions

1. Design Thinking Action Lab
Prototype and Test
Juan Carlos Salazar (Mérida, México)

2. Problem statement
Stakeholder
• Bogard is a young man, a father, a degree in educational administration.
• Currently has an office dedicated to the training of citizens in issues of transparency, accountability and access to
public information.
• He's very kind and agreed to the interview.
Needs a Way to
Bogard needs a way to quickly integrate school graduates in the working world.
Because
1. There is unemployment for graduates.
2. Many people study a career they do not like.
3. Students do not get a good preparation in schools and that is why companies do not want to hire.
4. Educational institutions do not ensure the relevance between the curriculum and the needs of the business
sector.
5. The student's academic experiences must be linked to a professional level.
6. The transition from school to work must be a continuous.
7. Thesis, social service and professional practice should be a bridge between a person who has the profile formed
and their integration into the labor.

3. Three ideas
The most practical idea:
I think the mandatory thesis is a very good idea. Today, many schools avoid it
and is very important because it is an approximation to reality.
The most disruptive idea:
I think is a very good idea if the students recycle materials. This can make an
impact on environment. Also, students can generate many ideas from the
garbage: create new employments, new objects, and so on.
My favorite idea:
Recycle materials. I think it is a way of life to many people. Also, it can be a job
to play like a child.

4. Prototype 1
Recycle materials for helping community
• Course about environmental care.
• Plan.
• Actions: pick up trash.
Benefit: the student can create new ideas that enable him(her) to integrate the
workplace and help others.

5. Test Prototype 1
What worked
Moral values in students
What could be improved
The whole idea
Questions
What are the contents of the
course?
What does the plan?
What are the actions to take?
Ideas
View existing programs about
environmental care.

6. Prototype 2
Research about Recycling materials
• The graduate must study about research and looking for problems to solve with
garbage.
• The graduate should experience solutions to solve the problems encountered.
• The graduate must record the findings.
Benefit: the student can create new ideas that enable him(her) to integrate the
workplace and help others.

7. Test Prototype 2
What worked
The idea about research
What could be improved
What should to know the
student
Questions
What are the actions to take?
Who will lead the student?
Ideas
Research about recycling
materials.

8. Reflection
I like the theme of recycling waste materials collected.
By testing my prototypes I learned that there are many points of view to be considered
to refine and improve my prototype.
I would like to continue with the project. I think to implement it into my research
classes.
Thanks.
Juan Carlos.