Tamakani: Company General Use

1- Challenge

To develop a questionnaire to assess the sustainability practices across all of my company’s  departments. The aim of this questionnaire is to help draw a picture of the current reality of various  business functions in the company in order to establish a baseline and drive for improvement.

2- Selection

We have selected the mind mapping tool because it will help explore, identify and interconnect various  themes and patterns required to fulfill the challenge, i.e. developing a comprehensive questionnaire.

3- Application

We started developing the mind map by first listing and detailing the main objectives of the project.  Then we gathered a team of individuals with diverse backgrounds, and presented the data to them for  their viewing and understanding. No group discussions occurred at this stage except for few  clarifications. Afterwards, each team member was instructed to individually reflect on the project data  presented and identify any means or sources that may help provide more insight.

4- Insight

This exercise helped identify and jot down a number of valuable and innovative ideas and additional  sources of information. The diversity of the team’s backgrounds proved to be very beneficial to  developing a valuable mind-map. Several patterns were identified, relationships and interconnectedness  established, and even some blind-spots were identified. This exercise helped generate valuable insight  resulting in high quality action plan to proceed with the project.

5- Approach

Using the mind mapping tool proved to be super effective for this type of challenge and helped achieve  the desired results. Visualization and story telling tools were evaluated but did not seem applicable to  this project.

