Assignment: Reflection on Design Thinking, Storytelling- December 2018

1. Challenge and Selection

Storytelling is a true way to be used in letting company’s productivity to be observed  towards its achievements. Within different methods, professional companies do elaborate  some approaches where storytelling is part of strategies to annual action plans.  As head of finance in Financial institution, after my personal observations to the staff  performance, I realized that they do perform well under direct supervision than working on  their own spirt. This has motivated me to choose storytelling as a best tool to change their  mindset.

2. Application

As a head of Finance, one day I organized a meeting with my staff in my department. When  I was conducting my weekly monitoring, I found that, a professional meeting has to be  chaired. I call upon my staffs from whom I am supervisor toward personal productivity.  During that discussion, I told them a story from which everyone had to react on his/her  point of view.

When we were in that presentations, the audience were attracted as time run out. After that  reaction, without any kind of sampling, each from them has been allowed free time to  express his/her concern. They arguments, easily, helped me to get their term modification  towards their performance resulting from the story read down above.

3. Insight

By following all courses planned, I learnt from in many things. Firstly, from design  thinking, I served that, design thinking is a good tool to be used in problem solving. It  helped me also to respect every one’s opinion within in a given institution toward its  production.

4. Approach

As I am allowed an opportunity to follow Design Thinking for Innovation as a course, it  will help me to know some needs, choices, tastes and preferences of staff, family members,  clients and others beneficiaries in general. After its implementation I do predict a positive  change all listed categories of concerned above respectively.

I do conclude, my assignment by thanking Lecturers, University of Virginia and other  partners who contributed to this online courses.

May God bless you.

Eslam Abo Fatma

Rwanda- Africa

Email: murraythomas@gmail.com

Tel: (223)392-2765

