Story telling as a tool for Design Thinking

Segment/Audience where I use story telling:

Story telling as a tool is used to drive in, out of the box ideas or new unheard  ideas among graduate students, and consulting clients of tiny business enterprises.

Challenge:

A listener cannot listen for more than seven minutes. If you fail to seek his/her  attention then, learning through understanding will not happen. The audience may  lose connect with the subject. Unless you understand a theme or concept how can  you put them into action?

The idea or concept which needs to be conveyed should be done appropriately so  that the targeted segment(s) get to know what is expected from them in a given  context or scenario. This helps them to look into a solution for a specific problem  or issue. Complex ideas are usually broken down into simple stories using a  metaphor and conveyed to the recipient. This process of using a metaphor and a  flowing story line will help demystify the theme and evoke attention and interest  in the mind of the recipient. Breaking the clutter and attracting the audience to  attend, understand and comprehend the theme will make them naturally interested  so as to put these themes or concepts into execution or practice. The better the  metaphors build in the story line, the smoother the concept will flow into the mind  and trigger the listener’s neurons.

Application:

Like any recipient of content, natural understanding alone can enable them to put  things into action. When you practice your understanding it’s called wisdom.  Wisdom helps to prevent or solve most of the common issues faced by mankind.  But wanting to drive the basic concept in a simple manner to the recipient for  them to comprehend is a distant dream. For a student or a tiny entrepreneur, if  understanding is guaranteed then the chances of putting them into practice is the  highest. If a preacher or a teacher subtly puts the idea into the mind of the listener  and make them naturally imbibe it, will ensure that the candidate has a permanent  liking towards the subject or object under question. The rest of the things are a  guarantee.

Insight:

You can take a horse to the water, but cannot make it drink. But just consider that  you have even failed to spot the water and take the horse towards it. It’s a tragedy.  This is how most of knowledge transfer is happening. The biggest challenge is to  use storylines like water flowing from a river using a simple metaphor, and to  draw the attention and interest in the concept or theme. Then there is the highest  chance to practice them.

Let story telling as a design thinking tool invoke the wildest possibilities of the  listener’s imagination so that they can be put into some crude forms of practice  to start the action. Happy learning through simpler understanding.


Story telling as a tool for Design Thinking Segment / Audience where I use story telling : Story telling as a tool is used to drive in , out of the box ideas or new unheard ideas among graduate students , and consulting clients of tiny business enterprises . Challenge : A listener can not listen for more than seven minutes . If you fail to seek his / her attention then , learning through understanding will not happen . The audience may lose connect with the subject . Unless you understand a theme or concept how can you put them into action ? The idea or concept which needs to be conveyed should be done appropriately so that the targeted segment(s ) get to know what is expected from them in a given context or scenario . This helps them to look into a solution for a specific problem or issue . Complex ideas are usually broken down into simple stories using a metaphor and conveyed to the recipient . This process of using a metaphor and a flowing story line will help demystify the theme and evoke attention and interest in the mind of the recipient . Breaking the clutter and attracting the audience to attend , understand and comprehend the theme will make them naturally interested so as to put these themes or concepts into execution or practice . The better the metaphors build in the story line , the smoother the concept will flow into the mind and trigger the listener ’s neurons . Application : Like any recipient of content , natural understanding alone can enable them to put things into action . When you practice your understanding it ’s called wisdom . Wisdom helps to prevent or solve most of the common issues faced by mankind . But wanting to drive the basic concept in a simple manner to the recipient for them to comprehend is a distant dream . For a student or a tiny entrepreneur , if understanding is guaranteed then the chances of putting them into practice is the highest . If a preacher or a teacher subtly puts the idea into the mind of the listener and make them naturally imbibe it , will ensure that the candidate has a permanent liking towards the subject or object under question . The rest of the things are a guarantee . Insight : You can take a horse to the water , but can not make it drink . But just consider that you have even failed to spot the water and take the horse towards it . It ’s a tragedy . This is how most of knowledge transfer is happening . The biggest challenge is to use storylines like water flowing from a river using a simple metaphor , and to draw the attention and interest in the concept or theme . Then there is the highest chance to practice them . Let story telling as a design thinking tool invoke the wildest possibilities of the listener ’s imagination so that they can be put into some crude forms of practice to start the action . Happy learning through simpler understanding .