Interview/Mind Map and A Real-Life Application of Design Thinking
I interviewed an assigned classmate over Skype and drew a mindmap of what I found out about her to introduce my partner to the rest of the class. This was a fun/great way to get to know the whole class and to get to know my classmate. We have the same personality type (see previous post). I liked this method a lot better than introducing myself on my own, although if we had to do this in every class it might be a bit much. I got to know my classmates more in-depth, as well as see everyone’s particular style of presenting and interpreting.
I am a little behind on my reading but will catch up soon. Getting back into class after taking a semester off is exciting but also a bit challenging. As far as my health/energy levels go, I feel much more like my old self than I did last semester. The topic of this semester and the partnership with IBM is especially exciting to me.
At work we’ve been planning to move into a much smaller space within the next year or two. This is a big challenge but some of my training in design thinking has already paid off here. I had already started an Affinity Cluster diagram a while back; this, along with my DSN-640 final project research, was extremely informative in creating a preliminary interior design layout for the space. Planning to move a copy/print shop (essentially a factory) is no small task, but with several important knowledge pieces in place, and with the task being a bit sudden, the results look much more promising and functional than they would have.