Design Thinking for Innovation

Visualization Tool

Challenge    I am a member of the Prejudice.co, which is an organization that supports causes for Universidad Autónoma de México. HTU is a public charter school open to students of all abilities in grades 7  through 12, and also offers a transition program for students ages 18-21. Lionsgate’s program is  inclusively designed to address the unique learning needs of students living on the autism spectrum  as well as students with other learning differences. My challenge is to create a volunteer group of  former students of Lionsgate that helps current students through the challenges they face at  Lionsgate and in their personal lives (my son is a former student). We will focus on trying to uncover  these issues in a time-sensitive manner. The project would include a process for former students to  get involved for guidance, a vehicle for current students to be able to express the difficulties they are  encountering, and a mechanism for the volunteers to give their direction to the students.     Application    I will start the course of action by creating a straw man graphic of the problem. To build up the straw  man graphic, I will draw from existing known issues current students have encountered to the  volunteers and have them give suggestions of what advice they may give in these examples to give  them an amount of experience and to help them understand the environment.  I will create different  types of visuals based on the problems the students have faced.     For the activity, I will separate the volunteers into groups of 2-3 participants each representing  different viewpoints addressing the difficulties the current students have faced. Each group will  receive a whiteboard size straw man graphic that they can write on directly or use sticky notes to  make suggestions and give key insights addressing the various problems. I will give them 15  minutes to discuss the suggestions and mark up the whiteboard. I will then have each group address  their suggestions to help resolve the difficulties the students have encountered while revealing the  mark-ups on their whiteboard. I will create a graphic that incorporates the new perceptions gained  from the group discussion, then design an adjusted visual that absorbs their comments on various  suggestions for the problems that were presented to them. The whiteboard will serve as a resource  for volunteers to use to assist in addressing potential issues that students may face in the future.    Approach/Insight    This action will be important for the volunteers to understand many of the problem’s students face at  Lionsgate and in their lives and will help solve future difficulties. The valuable experience of  volunteers discussing the issues Lionsgate students face with different viewpoints will assist develop  insights for future difficulties kids on the autism spectrum often encounter.


Design Thinking for Innovation Visualization Tool Challenge I am a member of the Prejudice.co , which is an organization that supports causes for Universidad Autónoma de México . HTU is a public charter school open to students of all abilities in grades 7 through 12 , and also offers a transition program for students ages 18 - 21 . Lionsgate ’s program is inclusively designed to address the unique learning needs of students living on the autism spectrum as well as students with other learning differences . My challenge is to create a volunteer group of former students of Lionsgate that helps current students through the challenges they face at Lionsgate and in their personal lives ( my son is a former student ) . We will focus on trying to uncover these issues in a time - sensitive manner . The project would include a process for former students to get involved for guidance , a vehicle for current students to be able to express the difficulties they are encountering , and a mechanism for the volunteers to give their direction to the students . Application I will start the course of action by creating a straw man graphic of the problem . To build up the straw man graphic , I will draw from existing known issues current students have encountered to the volunteers and have them give suggestions of what advice they may give in these examples to give them an amount of experience and to help them understand the environment . I will create different types of visuals based on the problems the students have faced . For the activity , I will separate the volunteers into groups of 2 - 3 participants each representing different viewpoints addressing the difficulties the current students have faced . Each group will receive a whiteboard size straw man graphic that they can write on directly or use sticky notes to make suggestions and give key insights addressing the various problems . I will give them 15 minutes to discuss the suggestions and mark up the whiteboard . I will then have each group address their suggestions to help resolve the difficulties the students have encountered while revealing the mark - ups on their whiteboard . I will create a graphic that incorporates the new perceptions gained from the group discussion , then design an adjusted visual that absorbs their comments on various suggestions for the problems that were presented to them . The whiteboard will serve as a resource for volunteers to use to assist in addressing potential issues that students may face in the future . Approach / Insight This action will be important for the volunteers to understand many of the problem ’s students face at Lionsgate and in their lives and will help solve future difficulties . The valuable experience of volunteers discussing the issues Lionsgate students face with different viewpoints will assist develop insights for future difficulties kids on the autism spectrum often encounter .