Mind Mapping

Challenge

Organising my clothing rack in such a manner that I don’t need to reorganize it every week. Usually,  with the classical way the rack is organized, that is, by keeping the everyday clothes at one corner  and the college clothes at another corner, it wasted a lot of time to 1) Choose a dress which takes  considerable time 2) It needed to be reorganized every week which again took about 1 hr per week.

Selection

I chose mind mapping as a tool because I realized that the main problem with the organization of the  rack was that the clothes were kept in neatly folded queues but that didn’t help me to save time.  And each week, I was wasting a lot of time in reorganizing as well as selecting. I needed a way to 1)  Save time and 2) Do something about the organizations of clothing queues which lasted for a month.

Application

First of all, I counted the number of shelves I was using for my clothes, which were four, including a  big wide shelf with a place for hanger (which I used to display the special function clothes) and three  small shelves. Secondly, I made a note of what I kept where and why. Thirdly, I used the information  and decided how I could mix and match to make sure that I didn’t need to reorganize my rack  weekly. Fourthly, I decided to remove the crease-free clothes which I didn’t use much from the wide  shelf, and I put lots of my everyday clothes there with the college clothes. Lastly, I made sure to  reorganise the shelfs according to their functionality rather than in the manner which just  differentiated between the category of the clothes.

Insight

While, I kept the clothes well in the traditional way, but it was limiting me by taking a lot of my time  to organize the rack and reorganize it on a weekly basis. I realized that keeping the shelves  differentiated didn’t help me. Because, while they were all in neat stacks and perfectly organized  according to their functions, it also made sure that the clothes weren’t perfectly visible and so it  took a lot of time to do what I could do quickly now. The most important thing for me was to realize  that we need to find our own way through the creative process and choose what suits us best.

Approach

The next time, I think I will make sure to be less rigid. When I started of with reorganization of my  rack, I placed the limitation that I must reorganize it in the way that I have always reorganized it,  that is, by making clear distinction between the formal, casual and every day clothes. But while, the  categories are all fine, it took me a while to realize that I can differentiate between the categories  without needing to place them in different compartments, and actually organizing the clothes  according to how much I am going to use it helped me to finally get over the need to reorganize the  rack every week to make sure that I am not repeating the same clothes. While, I realize that we must  place a restriction when we apply the design thinking tools, we must choose the restrictions  carefully as usually our restrictions might limit us from doing something really out of the box if we  aren’t careful.


Mind Mapping Challenge Organising my clothing rack in such a manner that I do n’t need to reorganize it every week . Usually , with the classical way the rack is organized , that is , by keeping the everyday clothes at one corner and the college clothes at another corner , it wasted a lot of time to 1 ) Choose a dress which takes considerable time 2 ) It needed to be reorganized every week which again took about 1 hr per week . Selection I chose mind mapping as a tool because I realized that the main problem with the organization of the rack was that the clothes were kept in neatly folded queues but that did n’t help me to save time . And each week , I was wasting a lot of time in reorganizing as well as selecting . I needed a way to 1 ) Save time and 2 ) Do something about the organizations of clothing queues which lasted for a month . Application First of all , I counted the number of shelves I was using for my clothes , which were four , including a big wide shelf with a place for hanger ( which I used to display the special function clothes ) and three small shelves . Secondly , I made a note of what I kept where and why . Thirdly , I used the information and decided how I could mix and match to make sure that I did n’t need to reorganize my rack weekly . Fourthly , I decided to remove the crease - free clothes which I did n’t use much from the wide shelf , and I put lots of my everyday clothes there with the college clothes . Lastly , I made sure to reorganise the shelfs according to their functionality rather than in the manner which just differentiated between the category of the clothes . Insight While , I kept the clothes well in the traditional way , but it was limiting me by taking a lot of my time to organize the rack and reorganize it on a weekly basis . I realized that keeping the shelves differentiated did n’t help me . Because , while they were all in neat stacks and perfectly organized according to their functions , it also made sure that the clothes were n’t perfectly visible and so it took a lot of time to do what I could do quickly now . The most important thing for me was to realize that we need to find our own way through the creative process and choose what suits us best . Approach The next time , I think I will make sure to be less rigid . When I started of with reorganization of my rack , I placed the limitation that I must reorganize it in the way that I have always reorganized it , that is , by making clear distinction between the formal , casual and every day clothes . But while , the categories are all fine , it took me a while to realize that I can differentiate between the categories without needing to place them in different compartments , and actually organizing the clothes according to how much I am going to use it helped me to finally get over the need to reorganize the rack every week to make sure that I am not repeating the same clothes . While , I realize that we must place a restriction when we apply the design thinking tools , we must choose the restrictions carefully as usually our restrictions might limit us from doing something really out of the box if we are n’t careful .