Challenge and selection

I work for a Health and Safety organization. We have an online platform that employees use to submit  new ideas. We launched a specific challenge that asked people to share ideas on how virtual reality  and/or augmented reality could be used to improve our health and safety practices.

There was a total of 8 ideas submitted and 39 associated comments that built on those ideas and/or  gave alternative approaches.

It was my job to select the winning idea that could then be prototyped and tested.

In week 3 of the course, during the MeYouHealth Story Part II: What if?, Natalia mentioned that mind  mapping was used to help look for themes and patterns. I choose to use mind mapping as a graphical  tool to represent all the ideas and concepts.

Mind mapping is looking for patterns and insights in a large quantity of data you collected during your  exploration. In my case, I had all these ideas and comments about what people perceived to be their  current reality and how virtual or augmented reality could help. I thought mind mapping could provide  the segway from what is to what if.

Application

I went through each submitted idea and the associated comments and mapped out all the themes,  ideas, applications and concerns.

The mind map gave me a holistic picture of the main insights from the challenge on one page. I was able  to group similar themes and patterns together which highlighted a reoccurring theme throughout most  of the ideas.

Ì also used the mind map as a visual aid to share with my colleagues so they could clearly see the  reoccurring themes and understand my selection process. It gave them a visual view of the summary of  the challenge.

Insight

Before I developed the mind map, I had to flick between pages reading each individual challenge  separately, trying to remember what the other page mentioned and trying to link themes and patterns  in my head.

Mind mapping helped consolidate a lot of information into a singular visual format so I could see all the  themes and patterns on one page and make connections. This helped me understand what was most  important to people i.e their main challenges.

Another insight I learned is that sometimes people share their thoughts and opinions in different ways  but the underlying issue at heart could be the same. When you get all those thoughts and opinions on  one page it is easier to link the themes and patterns.

The mind map also helped me summarize the challenge results to other people. It spared them the time  of having to go through all of the ideas individually.

I think storytelling would complement this process. Once you have a collection of similar thoughts and  ideas you could create a story to highlight the process and the results, and also highlight how the  combination of peoples input can create something far more valuable.


Challenge and selection I work for a Health and Safety organization . We have an online platform that employees use to submit new ideas . We launched a specific challenge that asked people to share ideas on how virtual reality and/or augmented reality could be used to improve our health and safety practices . There was a total of 8 ideas submitted and 39 associated comments that built on those ideas and/or gave alternative approaches . It was my job to select the winning idea that could then be prototyped and tested . In week 3 of the course , during the MeYouHealth Story Part II : What if ? , Natalia mentioned that mind mapping was used to help look for themes and patterns . I choose to use mind mapping as a graphical tool to represent all the ideas and concepts . Mind mapping is looking for patterns and insights in a large quantity of data you collected during your exploration . In my case , I had all these ideas and comments about what people perceived to be their current reality and how virtual or augmented reality could help . I thought mind mapping could provide the segway from what is to what if . Application I went through each submitted idea and the associated comments and mapped out all the themes , ideas , applications and concerns . The mind map gave me a holistic picture of the main insights from the challenge on one page . I was able to group similar themes and patterns together which highlighted a reoccurring theme throughout most of the ideas . Ì also used the mind map as a visual aid to share with my colleagues so they could clearly see the reoccurring themes and understand my selection process . It gave them a visual view of the summary of the challenge . Insight Before I developed the mind map , I had to flick between pages reading each individual challenge separately , trying to remember what the other page mentioned and trying to link themes and patterns in my head . Mind mapping helped consolidate a lot of information into a singular visual format so I could see all the themes and patterns on one page and make connections . This helped me understand what was most important to people i.e their main challenges . Another insight I learned is that sometimes people share their thoughts and opinions in different ways but the underlying issue at heart could be the same . When you get all those thoughts and opinions on one page it is easier to link the themes and patterns . The mind map also helped me summarize the challenge results to other people . It spared them the time of having to go through all of the ideas individually . I think storytelling would complement this process . Once you have a collection of similar thoughts and ideas you could create a story to highlight the process and the results , and also highlight how the combination of peoples input can create something far more valuable .