Reflection

Challenge & Selection

I was always fascinated with the concept of ‘ignorance is bliss’ and how people follow it religiously but  what’s more fascinating is ‘you can’t wake up a person who is pretending to sleep’. Now all this might  sound completely unrelated and here is when I come to my tool of storytelling. People ignore their health  and wellbeing till the time it goes from ‘prevention to cure’ stage and this is where I used this tool of  Design Thinking to make people aware and help them act proactively. As every other good organization,  which has a well-maintained fitness center and decent instructors to guide people, my organization also  offers the same to its employees, but footfalls to the fitness center are miniscule in number and  randomized (non-regular). That intrigued me because people ‘want’ to be healthy but they don’t put the  effort to be and remain healthy. They see it as an end state, whereas it is a state to be in. I used this tool  to make people understand that ‘being healthy’ is a moving goal post and not a stationary one, to create  a cause for being healthy.

Application

Whenever I meet people who are seeking to get fit and are struggling to start, I share my friend’s story  with them. He was diagnosed with various ailments simultaneously due to which he couldn’t focus on his  career aspirations. It wasn’t by birth that my friend had these ailments but he acquired them due to his  sedentary life habits and ignorance towards his health in general. I have 2 pictures of him which serve as  a reminder for me and trigger for others to start exercising. These 2 pics are his ‘before’ exercise (ailment)  and ‘after’ exercise (when he started regular exercise) pics. By dramatizing and painting a sorry/dreadful  picture and hence fear, I have made 2 of my colleagues to exercise regularly in our organization’s fitness  facility and now they promote fitness to their colleagues.

Insight

Since it was an interactive session and people were speaking their heart out, I could understand that as  usually shown/publicized , its not about the time but priorities. When fitness makes it to top of the priority  list of people, they would be motivated enough to exercise. So as a follow up to this reflection, I would  like to move ahead with the possibility of making fitness to the top of priority list of people. Another  insight is people seek partners while doing an activity (like exercising) which also acts as a support pillar  for them, so existence of a community around them creates a favorable environment.

Approach

Well this design thinking tool broadened my way of thinking and approaching a problem but going  forward, I might want to focus more on creating a cause, based on the audience rather than a transaction,  which only few people can relate to. I can also see myself using other design tools like learning launch and  visualization to address the same problem.


Reflection Challenge & Selection I was always fascinated with the concept of ‘ ignorance is bliss ’ and how people follow it religiously but what ’s more fascinating is ‘ you ca n’t wake up a person who is pretending to sleep ’ . Now all this might sound completely unrelated and here is when I come to my tool of storytelling . People ignore their health and wellbeing till the time it goes from ‘ prevention to cure ’ stage and this is where I used this tool of Design Thinking to make people aware and help them act proactively . As every other good organization , which has a well - maintained fitness center and decent instructors to guide people , my organization also offers the same to its employees , but footfalls to the fitness center are miniscule in number and randomized ( non - regular ) . That intrigued me because people ‘ want ’ to be healthy but they do n’t put the effort to be and remain healthy . They see it as an end state , whereas it is a state to be in . I used this tool to make people understand that ‘ being healthy ’ is a moving goal post and not a stationary one , to create a cause for being healthy . Application Whenever I meet people who are seeking to get fit and are struggling to start , I share my friend ’s story with them . He was diagnosed with various ailments simultaneously due to which he could n’t focus on his career aspirations . It was n’t by birth that my friend had these ailments but he acquired them due to his sedentary life habits and ignorance towards his health in general . I have 2 pictures of him which serve as a reminder for me and trigger for others to start exercising . These 2 pics are his ‘ before ’ exercise ( ailment ) and ‘ after ’ exercise ( when he started regular exercise ) pics . By dramatizing and painting a sorry / dreadful picture and hence fear , I have made 2 of my colleagues to exercise regularly in our organization ’s fitness facility and now they promote fitness to their colleagues . Insight Since it was an interactive session and people were speaking their heart out , I could understand that as usually shown / publicized , its not about the time but priorities . When fitness makes it to top of the priority list of people , they would be motivated enough to exercise . So as a follow up to this reflection , I would like to move ahead with the possibility of making fitness to the top of priority list of people . Another insight is people seek partners while doing an activity ( like exercising ) which also acts as a support pillar for them , so existence of a community around them creates a favorable environment . Approach Well this design thinking tool broadened my way of thinking and approaching a problem but going forward , I might want to focus more on creating a cause , based on the audience rather than a transaction , which only few people can relate to . I can also see myself using other design tools like learning launch and visualization to address the same problem .