reflection tool -storytelling

Challenge and selection:

storytelling is a great tool to convey your ideas to others (here stakeholders) in a simple way. though  this tool is very simple and primary but has a great impact on the listeners and more chances of  convincing the audience. the challenge I have considered for this project is the malnourishment of those  people falling below the poverty line in our country. the main problem is the malnutrition of the  population which is causing a lot of hindrances to the society, as well as their dormancy, which is leading  to the downfall of the economy.so I find this problem as a great opportunity to use my innovative mind  to solve such a nationwide wicked problem .story telling is used in design as a technique to get insight  into users, build empathy and access emotionally. As I am dealing with BPL people who are illiterate in  the majority, so doing a normal survey cannot fetch us the root cause of the problem.so through  storytelling, we can connect them emotionally and they can explain their problem in the form of a story.  the reason for choosing storytelling as a design tool rather than other design tools like visualization is it  gives the best way to know the suffering of the people and convey the same to the govt officials with an  idea to tackle the problem.

Application :

I used this tool to know the problems suffering from the people.to know the reason for malnutrition I  contacted people and asked them to share their insights into this problem in the form of a story.through  their story, I got to know that low family income was the main reason for malnutrition.due to which they  could not buy nutritional food for their themselves. also, no government schemes were helping them to  improve the nutritional diet of the BPL people. I got to know what goals and objectives I have to  achieve.then an action plan was made which was further conveyed to the higher authorities in the form  of a story.

insights and approach :

by exchanging, ones thought and problem in the form of storytelling with the people, I got the in-depth  knowledge of the problem and got cleared regarding the goals and objectives which I should achieve.to  solve the problem.so after knowing these things I started to dig up innovative ideas to solve this program

the most optimum idea is to form an NGO which can cook mid-day meals to the school-going children.  this will not only decline the malnutrition problem among children but also encourage poor children to  join the school.  also, I approached mind mapping tools to ideate how the meals should be cooked in  such large quantities and transportation of the meals from kitchen to school. this idea and work plan  were presented to the govt officials in the form of storytelling like how, when and why the problem  arose and the solution to tackle the problem . the various methods involved in cooking and  transportation of meals, the business plan was conveyed to the higher authorities in the form of a story.

