Drawing Insights from Researches more effectively

Challenge: -

A lot of times the organization was arriving at conclusion and business decision from a one two  datasets and this has been a growing a concern. We were not sure what we were missing, but the  entire team concluded that a grave error is embedded in the process. We wanted to fix this by listing  out the pros and cons of the methodology and also arrive at a meaningful conclusion that can  provide value to the business.

Selection: -

The Design thinking methodology that we used was storytelling. One of the key reason for going this  route is because storytelling helps to connect to the audience, it gives you a story board and you can  create a beautiful and meaningful story once you join all the pieces. We wanted a method where in  we can list the pros, cons and cause and also design an solution by taking into consideration who the  audience is. As mentioned in the course, even though it may not make sense to us, we can define a  method that can help the audience understand and attach to the problem of interest.

Application: -

We started by making a list of all the positives and negatives of the current approach. As we thought  the negatives weighted heavily over the positives. One key positive following the current approach  was the timeliness. Since we were drawing business decision from a finite set of sources, even  though we had multiple other sources which went unattended, we were able to give quick summary  to management on timely basis. Negatives obviously included the key pieces we were missing or  overlooking by not included other consideration and economic environment before drafting  summaries.

We then listed down all the available sources that can add value and started making a plan to  summarize learnings from all the sources. This made us making a better plan on gaining rich  knowledge without impacting any timing or delay in business decisions.

Insights: -

The Insights gained from this exercise was priceless. We went in retrospect first to understand how  the business insights given in the past and re-did the exercise using the new tool. We were surprised  and shocked to find out how things could have been different and better had we taken a bit of extra  time and started from ground zero.

Approach: -

The two key design thinking tools which I might use mostly is storytelling and visualization. For  problems like these where we have to list down the pros and cons and discuss and communicate  with a team who are subject matter experts, we might still continue using storytelling since every  one is aware of the problem and its easier to connect. We might use visualization if the problem at  hand is something where we have to communicate the problem and device a solution from a team  of relatively newcomers from whom it might be easier to connect with the picture than a laundry list  of pros/cons and causes.


Drawing Insights from Researches more effectively Challenge : - A lot of times the organization was arriving at conclusion and business decision from a one two datasets and this has been a growing a concern . We were not sure what we were missing , but the entire team concluded that a grave error is embedded in the process . We wanted to fix this by listing out the pros and cons of the methodology and also arrive at a meaningful conclusion that can provide value to the business . Selection : - The Design thinking methodology that we used was storytelling . One of the key reason for going this route is because storytelling helps to connect to the audience , it gives you a story board and you can create a beautiful and meaningful story once you join all the pieces . We wanted a method where in we can list the pros , cons and cause and also design an solution by taking into consideration who the audience is . As mentioned in the course , even though it may not make sense to us , we can define a method that can help the audience understand and attach to the problem of interest . Application : - We started by making a list of all the positives and negatives of the current approach . As we thought the negatives weighted heavily over the positives . One key positive following the current approach was the timeliness . Since we were drawing business decision from a finite set of sources , even though we had multiple other sources which went unattended , we were able to give quick summary to management on timely basis . Negatives obviously included the key pieces we were missing or overlooking by not included other consideration and economic environment before drafting summaries . We then listed down all the available sources that can add value and started making a plan to summarize learnings from all the sources . This made us making a better plan on gaining rich knowledge without impacting any timing or delay in business decisions . Insights : - The Insights gained from this exercise was priceless . We went in retrospect first to understand how the business insights given in the past and re - did the exercise using the new tool . We were surprised and shocked to find out how things could have been different and better had we taken a bit of extra time and started from ground zero . Approach : - The two key design thinking tools which I might use mostly is storytelling and visualization . For problems like these where we have to list down the pros and cons and discuss and communicate with a team who are subject matter experts , we might still continue using storytelling since every one is aware of the problem and its easier to connect . We might use visualization if the problem at hand is something where we have to communicate the problem and device a solution from a team of relatively newcomers from whom it might be easier to connect with the picture than a laundry list of pros / cons and causes .