Storytelling for illustrating my idea to my partners    Challenge:

I was trying to implement an idea for implementing digital receipts in the shops. I had  considered the workflow of how the idea will work and how the user will perform different  tasks while shopping. I had a team for this process. So, I had to explain my idea to them in  order to make sure that everyone involved in the process has a clear cut knowledge about  our plan and there is no ambiguity and misunderstanding between the different members of  the team.

Selection:

Storytelling is a great tool for representing an idea in a more practical way. The events  connected through imagination provides a great intuition how the idea works and how the  work flows. ​ The storytelling process is very much suitable for sharing the idea accurately  with fellow members to make sure that everyone is on the same page. This is the reason  why I used this tool for my case.    Application:

I told my colleagues about a story representing our own situation while shopping. I explained  the disadvantages of paper receipt and made everyone realise that digitization is important. I  told a series of incidents and made it easier for others to understand the idea better and also  they could add up some interesting facts that will make our idea work. I could also make  everyone imagine how digitization will benefit the general public too.    Insight:

By using the process of storytelling, I could map out all my processes involved in my idea  and explain to my fellow partners about the disadvantages of paper receipt and provide  intuition of digital receipt. Also, I can easily explain the actual workflow that the idea delivers  in a clear and concise way and made sure that there was no ambiguity between us and we  were talking about the same thing.

Approach:

For the next time, I will probably use the learning launch tool for enhancing the platform idea.  I will go to the shops and gather the views of other people on my current version of idea and  get their insights on how this idea can be enhanced in order to meet their needs in a more  accurate way.

