The document discusses taking leaps and applying user experience thinking to personal development. It describes the speaker's personal and professional journey, including experiences at various design schools and companies. It also outlines challenges with procrastination and a framework for prioritizing tasks, treating goals as prototypes, and getting feedback to improve personal well-being and growth.
Myself and a fellow group of Product Managers did the IDEO HCD course in order to learn about IDEO's famous innovation techniques. We learnt a lot, and here I digest how it can be used in a product mgmt setting.
Seminar 4 Flower Exercise and Choose Your Own Option - 1 and 4 march 2021 -...Fahri Karakas
Flower Exercise is from the influential book titled "What Color Is Your Parachute". You will think about your ideal work and career.
In the second option, you can do one of the following activities:
- Create your own personal logo
- Coach yourself through top 10 questions
-Create a table of role models
- Create a table for your job applications to keep track of them
- Do a SWOT analysis of your career
- Create your own Netflix show
Win £100 cash by showcasing your entrepreneurial spirit! Deadline extended: T...Discoverables
Are you interested in becoming an entrepreneur or making a job for yourself rather than taking one that someone else has created? Do you want to put your own mark on the world? Do you love coming up with ideas for projects, or possibly businesses?
Propelia is an agency for thought leaders—the people with big ideas that are going to change the world. With one of our clients we are creating the Beconomy. Your generation is the ‘Becon’ generation: you are setting your aspirations and starting your careers and beginning to do things differently. We want to carry out some research into how you and your friends are approaching your career and your needs moving forward in it.
How to keep focus on the actual problems to solve, from framing the work to design and build of services. Useful tips and practical tools to help you make good services that people prefer to use - and to avoid just building random stuff.
Slides from a workshop at Service Design in Govt 2017 run with Kate Tarling.
Software engineering practices have matured tremendously in recent years, but too often they are applied thoughtlessly and without a true understanding of why or when they might be applicable. Frequently, engineers will debate the "best" or "correct" way to do things without wider reference to the problem at hand. In this talk I will show how a pragmatic approach to quality is required if we are to truly make digital products that matter.
Myself and a fellow group of Product Managers did the IDEO HCD course in order to learn about IDEO's famous innovation techniques. We learnt a lot, and here I digest how it can be used in a product mgmt setting.
Seminar 4 Flower Exercise and Choose Your Own Option - 1 and 4 march 2021 -...Fahri Karakas
Flower Exercise is from the influential book titled "What Color Is Your Parachute". You will think about your ideal work and career.
In the second option, you can do one of the following activities:
- Create your own personal logo
- Coach yourself through top 10 questions
-Create a table of role models
- Create a table for your job applications to keep track of them
- Do a SWOT analysis of your career
- Create your own Netflix show
Win £100 cash by showcasing your entrepreneurial spirit! Deadline extended: T...Discoverables
Are you interested in becoming an entrepreneur or making a job for yourself rather than taking one that someone else has created? Do you want to put your own mark on the world? Do you love coming up with ideas for projects, or possibly businesses?
Propelia is an agency for thought leaders—the people with big ideas that are going to change the world. With one of our clients we are creating the Beconomy. Your generation is the ‘Becon’ generation: you are setting your aspirations and starting your careers and beginning to do things differently. We want to carry out some research into how you and your friends are approaching your career and your needs moving forward in it.
How to keep focus on the actual problems to solve, from framing the work to design and build of services. Useful tips and practical tools to help you make good services that people prefer to use - and to avoid just building random stuff.
Slides from a workshop at Service Design in Govt 2017 run with Kate Tarling.
Software engineering practices have matured tremendously in recent years, but too often they are applied thoughtlessly and without a true understanding of why or when they might be applicable. Frequently, engineers will debate the "best" or "correct" way to do things without wider reference to the problem at hand. In this talk I will show how a pragmatic approach to quality is required if we are to truly make digital products that matter.
Martina's presentation "Taking a leap" is about:
- how to take the leap in doing things that scare you
- how to find and be true to yourself
- how to apply design / UX thinking to personal development
Taking a leap - Doing what you MUST do and how to apply UX thinking to person...Martina Gobec
A personal presentation about taking the leap - doing the things that you MUST do, the things that scare you in order to be true to yourself. The presentation is also about how to apply design /UX thinking to personal development.
Talk at Interaction 15, San Francisco, reflecting on what's next. A full transcription of the talk can be found here: https://medium.com/todays-office/a-year-of-reflection-820d228d999c
Effective Presentation and Pitching - Mr. Sohan B. KhatriMobileNepal
The participants were spellbound by the presentation of Mr. Sohan B. Khatri. He trained them on how to pitch their idea in front of judges or potential investors giving all the necessary ingredients to prepare for their presentation.
Too many brands exist on social but don’t make the most of it. Over the course of this presentation, I will delve into the principles to making successful branded content that will allow you to fit into feeds around the world, allowing your brand to stand out.
Jon Dodd - How to spot good from bad research for any customer interaction |...Unboxed
In this talk from Bunnyfoot founder Dr Jon Dodd at Unboxed 2019 (held at the Curzon cinema on the 16th of October), he explained how to determine if your customer research was giving you good data.
Jon showed how accurate customer testing is a vital part of user-centred design and how the data from it reduces knowledge gap between customer and management expectations. It can help any marketing campaign - but only if we understand our limitations and what good data looks like.
This is one of the sessions that I presented at the Riding The Wave Conference in Gimli, Manitoba. It's missing something without the narrative, but I will post a video capture from the session and link to it from here shortly...
Design Thinking in the Real World | Sue Tan and Jeff Scheire | Lunch & Learn UCICove
About UCI Applied Innovation:
UCI Applied Innovation is a dynamic, innovative central platform for the UCI campus, entrepreneurs, inventors, the business community and investors to collaborate and move UCI research from lab to market.
About the Cove @ UCI:
To accelerate collaboration by better connecting innovation partners in Orange County, UCI Applied Innovation created the Cove, a physical, state-of-the-art hub for entrepreneurs to gather and navigate the resources available both on and off campus. The Cove is headquarters for UCI Applied Innovation, as well as houses several ecosystem partners including incubators, accelerators, angel investors, venture capitalists, mentors and legal experts.
Follow us on social media:
Facebook: @UCICove
Twitter: @UCICove
Instagram: @UCICove
LinkedIn: @UCIAppliedInnovation
For more information:
cove@uci.edu
http://innovation.uci.edu/
Negotiation Begins with your Elevator Pitch-The Pitch that Unlatches Tremendo...the Closers Group
The Pitch
The response and tone you provide will
dictate the direction,scope, new connections and level of encroachments you will have with these new union.
The Pitch is your first volley you serve across to net to develop a new business ventures.
Martina's presentation "Taking a leap" is about:
- how to take the leap in doing things that scare you
- how to find and be true to yourself
- how to apply design / UX thinking to personal development
Taking a leap - Doing what you MUST do and how to apply UX thinking to person...Martina Gobec
A personal presentation about taking the leap - doing the things that you MUST do, the things that scare you in order to be true to yourself. The presentation is also about how to apply design /UX thinking to personal development.
Talk at Interaction 15, San Francisco, reflecting on what's next. A full transcription of the talk can be found here: https://medium.com/todays-office/a-year-of-reflection-820d228d999c
Effective Presentation and Pitching - Mr. Sohan B. KhatriMobileNepal
The participants were spellbound by the presentation of Mr. Sohan B. Khatri. He trained them on how to pitch their idea in front of judges or potential investors giving all the necessary ingredients to prepare for their presentation.
Too many brands exist on social but don’t make the most of it. Over the course of this presentation, I will delve into the principles to making successful branded content that will allow you to fit into feeds around the world, allowing your brand to stand out.
Jon Dodd - How to spot good from bad research for any customer interaction |...Unboxed
In this talk from Bunnyfoot founder Dr Jon Dodd at Unboxed 2019 (held at the Curzon cinema on the 16th of October), he explained how to determine if your customer research was giving you good data.
Jon showed how accurate customer testing is a vital part of user-centred design and how the data from it reduces knowledge gap between customer and management expectations. It can help any marketing campaign - but only if we understand our limitations and what good data looks like.
This is one of the sessions that I presented at the Riding The Wave Conference in Gimli, Manitoba. It's missing something without the narrative, but I will post a video capture from the session and link to it from here shortly...
Design Thinking in the Real World | Sue Tan and Jeff Scheire | Lunch & Learn UCICove
About UCI Applied Innovation:
UCI Applied Innovation is a dynamic, innovative central platform for the UCI campus, entrepreneurs, inventors, the business community and investors to collaborate and move UCI research from lab to market.
About the Cove @ UCI:
To accelerate collaboration by better connecting innovation partners in Orange County, UCI Applied Innovation created the Cove, a physical, state-of-the-art hub for entrepreneurs to gather and navigate the resources available both on and off campus. The Cove is headquarters for UCI Applied Innovation, as well as houses several ecosystem partners including incubators, accelerators, angel investors, venture capitalists, mentors and legal experts.
Follow us on social media:
Facebook: @UCICove
Twitter: @UCICove
Instagram: @UCICove
LinkedIn: @UCIAppliedInnovation
For more information:
cove@uci.edu
http://innovation.uci.edu/
Negotiation Begins with your Elevator Pitch-The Pitch that Unlatches Tremendo...the Closers Group
The Pitch
The response and tone you provide will
dictate the direction,scope, new connections and level of encroachments you will have with these new union.
The Pitch is your first volley you serve across to net to develop a new business ventures.
25. Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
THE PAIN
Not being myself in order to fit in
Equaling making mistakes with failure
Keeping within my comfort zone
Not always trusting my gut feeling
Not daring to express my opinion and sticking to it
Not having enough fun and taking things too seriously
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31. Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
THE COMPONENTS
The promise
The values
The metaphors and language
The process
The success criteria
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32. Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
IT’S NOT
ABOUT THE
GOAL, IT’S
ABOUT THE
JOURNEY.
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33. “
Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
Every moment being
the best version of
myself and enjoying the
ride.
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35.
36. Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
LOVE
HEALTH
MEANING
GROWTH/JOURNEY
FUN (JFDI)
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Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
I’m going to my
playground.
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38. Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
THE SCARY LIST
Public speaking
Writing about design stuff and sticking my neck out
Reaching out to interesting people
Giving “negative” feedback
Negotiating, especially when money is involved
Asking questions at conferences
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40. Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
TRY
SOMETHING
NEW EVERY
30 DAYS
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41. Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
A FEW THINGS I
PROCRASTINATE WITH
ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that in my head
has “official” stamp on it (like bank, taxes,
lawyers, state things…)
Getting together with friends
Calling home
Training
Drawing
Fixing stuff at home
Starting design work
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42. Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
TRY SOMETHING NEW
EVERY 30 DAYS
The procrastination questions list
Prioritise the to-do list
Tackle the to-do’s immediately as they come
up
Ask 5 × why
Get rid of the “dentist” approach
Trash and delegate
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48. Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
HOW DO I KNOW IT’S
GOOD?
What does my gut feeling say?
How many lists am I writing?
What feedback am I getting from the people around me?
How is my overall well-being? Energy levels?
Am I learning new things?
Am I having fun?
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49. “
Taking a leap, Ustwo Shingi 2014
The most common form
of despair is not being who
you are.
- Søren Kierkegaard
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