Storytelling

Challenge and Selection    A tool which I often use to simplify my articulation is ‘Storytelling’. Before joining MBA, I was with a  consultancy firm helping automotive giants to automate and digitize their day-to-day design and  manufacturing work. We spent a lot of time with the client understanding their situation and  obstacles, but the time required for that was demanding. Usually when I used to demonstrate the  scenario to my colleague about my understanding of the problem statement was in the form of  narration and which they easily grab, sometimes if feasible I do use visualization tool as well. The  bright side of using the tool, storytelling, is one can narrate a situation far more quickly and  efficiently without taking the effort of grabbing a paper and pen. Listeners can easily relate to their  own situation and can answer more emphatically.    Application     If I am talking about storytelling, how can I not narrate my own story. My clients, who were the end  users of the tool and process, used to explain their situation which were not that easy for my team  to understand. They were cumbersome, data heavy and required a lot of effort to understand each  situation with a PowerPoint presentation. We required fast and quick response to when it came to  knowing about the problem, so that we can prepare primary hypothesis in shorter duration. To  overcome this for my team, I started to drive the meeting and steered the situation towards a  session were now end users explained the situation using the theme called, “Day-in-a-life of the  user”, where the client used to narrate the problem right from the pint when they switch on their  machines. From now, the team was more engaged, more efficient in collecting points and responded  quickly with the understanding validation session in a week.    Insight & Approach     This approach was taken unknowingly with the clients and the internal team. The approach was  simple and effective, though any prior planning was not done. Each time the approach was taken it  became clearer to the team and we improvised the process to make it more effective.     After practicing it with couple of other clients we had a definite approach, and it was not something  new but an innovative and simple tool.    This course made me realize the know-how and backbone of the tool. By which now I can become  more ready and redefine the approach for betterment of the implementation. I can now prepare the  foundation of the tool before presenting it before the team and client.    I had a Manufacturing IT consulting background. I now consider it as an arrow in my quiver.


Storytelling Challenge and Selection A tool which I often use to simplify my articulation is ‘ Storytelling ’ . Before joining MBA , I was with a consultancy firm helping automotive giants to automate and digitize their day - to - day design and manufacturing work . We spent a lot of time with the client understanding their situation and obstacles , but the time required for that was demanding . Usually when I used to demonstrate the scenario to my colleague about my understanding of the problem statement was in the form of narration and which they easily grab , sometimes if feasible I do use visualization tool as well . The bright side of using the tool , storytelling , is one can narrate a situation far more quickly and efficiently without taking the effort of grabbing a paper and pen . Listeners can easily relate to their own situation and can answer more emphatically . Application If I am talking about storytelling , how can I not narrate my own story . My clients , who were the end users of the tool and process , used to explain their situation which were not that easy for my team to understand . They were cumbersome , data heavy and required a lot of effort to understand each situation with a PowerPoint presentation . We required fast and quick response to when it came to knowing about the problem , so that we can prepare primary hypothesis in shorter duration . To overcome this for my team , I started to drive the meeting and steered the situation towards a session were now end users explained the situation using the theme called , “ Day - in - a - life of the user ” , where the client used to narrate the problem right from the pint when they switch on their machines . From now , the team was more engaged , more efficient in collecting points and responded quickly with the understanding validation session in a week . Insight & Approach This approach was taken unknowingly with the clients and the internal team . The approach was simple and effective , though any prior planning was not done . Each time the approach was taken it became clearer to the team and we improvised the process to make it more effective . After practicing it with couple of other clients we had a definite approach , and it was not something new but an innovative and simple tool . This course made me realize the know - how and backbone of the tool . By which now I can become more ready and redefine the approach for betterment of the implementation . I can now prepare the foundation of the tool before presenting it before the team and client . I had a Manufacturing IT consulting background . I now consider it as an arrow in my quiver .