Review Assignment

Reflection – Visualization

Challenge and Selection

As a student of Architecture and Design, and having a fairly strong visual aptitude, I have subconsciously  used visualization for every hurdle I have had to overcome. When I stepped out to explore my petty  entrepreneurial callings, and thrown with challenges, I realized that our innate strengths can help us in  ways we never foresaw. The first business idea that I could actually develop into a working model involved  a lot of information transfer between clients, customers and myself in twisted loops. The clients and  customers included a wide array of FMCG producers, raw material suppliers, and local grocery/small  shop owners. Gaining a better understanding and insight into this labyrinth was crucial to moving the  start-up forward with better conviction and taking needle-moving decisions. I was once working with the  data when I accidentally realized that I was making patterns out of the mess, and in turn, the patterns  easily emerged into flowcharts. The concepts of bubble diagram models in Architecture was not very  different. It could describe complex directional movements of information, in loops or otherwise,  branching out and merging in countless times, and still make sense to the persons working with the  diagram model. (Please refer to a quick study of bubble diagrams from an online source to gain a better  understanding of this concept.) This realization was what made me incorporate visualization on a wider  scale in the business model and daily transactions of the start-up.

Application

Since the start-up is in its early developmental stages and currently managed by a team, I am not in a  position to reveal much of the working of the model. However, I will try to give a concise picture of the  general working of the design thinking tool of visualization as implemented and incorporated into the  business model.

We started with redesigning the entire business model based on the visualization concept of bubble  diagrams to bring a uniformity to the entire working structure. Data was therefore divided into convenient  modules which could be easily reproduced and used to fit into similar situations. Daily transactions and  new information from market researches were consequently stored as modules and charted into daily,  weekly and monthly bubble diagram capsules. The emergence of usable patterns in these capsules was a  huge confirmation of the promising nature of the new method. We soon knew that the method had even  wider potential and scope and we are still in search for new ways to exploit its possibilities. Recently, we  started to document the data into more professional formats. This has helped us hugely in presenting the  business model to new and potential clients. The core management team which is growing in size and  numbers has been the biggest benefactors of the new introduction. The information managed by the team  has grown exponentially since the starting, but with this introduction, the manageability of raw data by  the team members has improved tremendously, helping form a clearly mapped format of information  flow in the minds of the members, which is in itself a powerful tool, with further possibility to digitize,  compose and present. We are also increasingly reducing text and incorporating graphic elements to  further the power of visualization.

Insight and Approach

It was during a period of turmoil and bad management decisions in the life of the start-up when we  stumbled upon this innovative tool to boost performance and improve decisions. It was also around the  same time that I stumbled upon this course on Coursera and it has definitely been an eye-opener,  suggesting the untapped potentials of this design tool as well as helping me realize that we had been using  this tool unknowingly for some time now and thereby enabling our team to look deeper into the same.  Without the need to say it, we all know how boring, impersonal and unconvincing raw data can be to look  at, and I believe this is where the infinite possibility of visualization starts to stare at us.

Beyond visualization, this also suggests the power in different design thinking tools that we have never  tried and tested in the business. This opens up a wide avenue to explore and further build upon and  solidify the business model and innovate within and beyond the current scope of the start-up.


Review Assignment Reflection – Visualization Challenge and Selection As a student of Architecture and Design , and having a fairly strong visual aptitude , I have subconsciously used visualization for every hurdle I have had to overcome . When I stepped out to explore my petty entrepreneurial callings , and thrown with challenges , I realized that our innate strengths can help us in ways we never foresaw . The first business idea that I could actually develop into a working model involved a lot of information transfer between clients , customers and myself in twisted loops . The clients and customers included a wide array of FMCG producers , raw material suppliers , and local grocery / small shop owners . Gaining a better understanding and insight into this labyrinth was crucial to moving the start - up forward with better conviction and taking needle - moving decisions . I was once working with the data when I accidentally realized that I was making patterns out of the mess , and in turn , the patterns easily emerged into flowcharts . The concepts of bubble diagram models in Architecture was not very different . It could describe complex directional movements of information , in loops or otherwise , branching out and merging in countless times , and still make sense to the persons working with the diagram model . ( Please refer to a quick study of bubble diagrams from an online source to gain a better understanding of this concept . ) This realization was what made me incorporate visualization on a wider scale in the business model and daily transactions of the start - up . Application Since the start - up is in its early developmental stages and currently managed by a team , I am not in a position to reveal much of the working of the model . However , I will try to give a concise picture of the general working of the design thinking tool of visualization as implemented and incorporated into the business model . We started with redesigning the entire business model based on the visualization concept of bubble diagrams to bring a uniformity to the entire working structure . Data was therefore divided into convenient modules which could be easily reproduced and used to fit into similar situations . Daily transactions and new information from market researches were consequently stored as modules and charted into daily , weekly and monthly bubble diagram capsules . The emergence of usable patterns in these capsules was a huge confirmation of the promising nature of the new method . We soon knew that the method had even wider potential and scope and we are still in search for new ways to exploit its possibilities . Recently , we started to document the data into more professional formats . This has helped us hugely in presenting the business model to new and potential clients . The core management team which is growing in size and numbers has been the biggest benefactors of the new introduction . The information managed by the team has grown exponentially since the starting , but with this introduction , the manageability of raw data by the team members has improved tremendously , helping form a clearly mapped format of information flow in the minds of the members , which is in itself a powerful tool , with further possibility to digitize , compose and present . We are also increasingly reducing text and incorporating graphic elements to further the power of visualization . Insight and Approach It was during a period of turmoil and bad management decisions in the life of the start - up when we stumbled upon this innovative tool to boost performance and improve decisions . It was also around the same time that I stumbled upon this course on Coursera and it has definitely been an eye - opener , suggesting the untapped potentials of this design tool as well as helping me realize that we had been using this tool unknowingly for some time now and thereby enabling our team to look deeper into the same . Without the need to say it , we all know how boring , impersonal and unconvincing raw data can be to look at , and I believe this is where the infinite possibility of visualization starts to stare at us . Beyond visualization , this also suggests the power in different design thinking tools that we have never tried and tested in the business . This opens up a wide avenue to explore and further build upon and solidify the business model and innovate within and beyond the current scope of the start - up .