CHALLENGE AT THE OFFICE

<LEARNING LAUNCH>

I´m an a accountant in a huge oil company in México, every mornig in the lady´s bathrooms i hear  the same complaints about were unable to complete their make up, to stylish their hair, some of  them  have other kind of problems like, when their menstrual  anticipates  and dont have time to  go at the pharmacy store, and need to be in a meeting, i also saw how another co-workertried to  cover the rip of her skirt unsuccessfully, that´s when it hit me an idea on how to improve the  situation using design thinking.

After been talking with a group of women about this kind of problem, we design a prototype  where we can put a set of basic things as woman we might need, with personal cleaning items,  such as toothbrushes, thoothpaste, sanitary napkins, perfumes, needle and thread, buttons,  cotton swabs, hand and hair cream, hair spray, even medicines and we posted a sign with some  rules regarding the use of the products. We called it "The lady box"

This rules where quit simple:

  If you take something from the lady box you must replace it

  Its  important that you take only what you need

  Respect and ccooperation between us make us better

  Do not steal any item

After two weeks a meeting was held to talk about the women in the apartment felt with "The Lady  Box" some of the girls in the office wanted to add other items like lipstick and blush, and they  decided that they woul make a donation to improve the box, there were some complaints from  some woman who did not follow the rules, some said that its was better then to make a penalty of  contribution in money that was equivalent to the articule that had taken, as well as to replace the  articule,  otherwise would not be entitled to use again any articule,  in order to this be fullfilled, all  the woman decided that it was necessary to take care of ourselves and learn to take care of what  there was to be able to enjoy the box.

In a moth the women in the office had followed the rules, so they began to have improvements in  their work performance because they felt less stress in the morning and confident that they have  the "Lady Box" as a back up, the idea was a success not only for the women´s bathroom in my  apartment, but it was spred in the others, even in the men´s bathroom they made their own  version.


CHALLENGE AT THE OFFICE < LEARNING LAUNCH > I´m an a accountant in a huge oil company in México , every mornig in the lady´s bathrooms i hear the same complaints about were unable to complete their make up , to stylish their hair , some of them have other kind of problems like , when their menstrual anticipates and do nt have time to go at the pharmacy store , and need to be in a meeting , i also saw how another co - workertried to cover the rip of her skirt unsuccessfully , that´s when it hit me an idea on how to improve the situation using design thinking . After been talking with a group of women about this kind of problem , we design a prototype where we can put a set of basic things as woman we might need , with personal cleaning items , such as toothbrushes , thoothpaste , sanitary napkins , perfumes , needle and thread , buttons , cotton swabs , hand and hair cream , hair spray , even medicines and we posted a sign with some rules regarding the use of the products . We called it " The lady box " This rules where quit simple :  If you take something from the lady box you must replace it  Its important that you take only what you need  Respect and ccooperation between us make us better  Do not steal any item After two weeks a meeting was held to talk about the women in the apartment felt with " The Lady Box " some of the girls in the office wanted to add other items like lipstick and blush , and they decided that they woul make a donation to improve the box , there were some complaints from some woman who did not follow the rules , some said that its was better then to make a penalty of contribution in money that was equivalent to the articule that had taken , as well as to replace the articule , otherwise would not be entitled to use again any articule , in order to this be fullfilled , all the woman decided that it was necessary to take care of ourselves and learn to take care of what there was to be able to enjoy the box . In a moth the women in the office had followed the rules , so they began to have improvements in their work performance because they felt less stress in the morning and confident that they have the " Lady Box " as a back up , the idea was a success not only for the women´s bathroom in my apartment , but it was spred in the others , even in the men´s bathroom they made their own version .