Visualization

Challenge and Selection  I decided to apply design thinking to generate ideas for starting a new business with a  few friends with diverse backgrounds. I am a lawyer and was planning to pitch my idea  for a smart contract application so I wanted my friends to understand precisely what I  intended for it to look like in order for them to help me create and improve it through  their expertise. To do this I decided to apply the tool of visualization, visualization is the  use of visual stimuli to help express your thoughts in a clearer way which also has the  advantage of stimulating creativity, this can be done through drawings, pictures, videos,  PowerPoint presentations, etc. As I mentioned before, the team was composed of  different backgrounds such as marketing, programming and myself, a lawyer, so in  order to better understand each other and to help generate ideas this tool seemed ideal.    Application   What I did was grab a piece of paper and draw a few prototypes of what you might see  in your screen when using the app. This was done before the meeting so when I met  them I was able to show them the pictures as I explained and signaled the elements I  wanted. After I was done explaining I left my drawings on the table so each of my  friends could have a better look at what interested them.  Visualization appeared to have been applied properly since members of the team  started giving suggestions and writing notes on my drawings and even making some of  their own. After about an hour we finished a productive session with new ideas  generated and tasks for improvements.    Insight and approach   Going into the meeting I thought my design was very good but the end result was a lot  different. From the session I realized that a few things wouldn’t work because of  technical limitations. I also learned that my app design was a bit  complicated, so we  decided to reduce the number of steps needed to generate the contract. Finally we  agreed of other elements which could be improved although we didn’t yet know how so  we will be meeting again only this time I encouraged them to bring their own designs.  I will definitely be using the visualization tool again since it stimulated ideas and helped  everyone to get on the same page. What I would like to do different is to get a white  board that allows for more flexibility and everyone can write their ideas on the spot.


Visualization Challenge and Selection I decided to apply design thinking to generate ideas for starting a new business with a few friends with diverse backgrounds . I am a lawyer and was planning to pitch my idea for a smart contract application so I wanted my friends to understand precisely what I intended for it to look like in order for them to help me create and improve it through their expertise . To do this I decided to apply the tool of visualization , visualization is the use of visual stimuli to help express your thoughts in a clearer way which also has the advantage of stimulating creativity , this can be done through drawings , pictures , videos , PowerPoint presentations , etc . As I mentioned before , the team was composed of different backgrounds such as marketing , programming and myself , a lawyer , so in order to better understand each other and to help generate ideas this tool seemed ideal . Application What I did was grab a piece of paper and draw a few prototypes of what you might see in your screen when using the app . This was done before the meeting so when I met them I was able to show them the pictures as I explained and signaled the elements I wanted . After I was done explaining I left my drawings on the table so each of my friends could have a better look at what interested them . Visualization appeared to have been applied properly since members of the team started giving suggestions and writing notes on my drawings and even making some of their own . After about an hour we finished a productive session with new ideas generated and tasks for improvements . Insight and approach Going into the meeting I thought my design was very good but the end result was a lot different . From the session I realized that a few things would n’t work because of technical limitations . I also learned that my app design was a bit complicated , so we decided to reduce the number of steps needed to generate the contract . Finally we agreed of other elements which could be improved although we did n’t yet know how so we will be meeting again only this time I encouraged them to bring their own designs . I will definitely be using the visualization tool again since it stimulated ideas and helped everyone to get on the same page . What I would like to do different is to get a white board that allows for more flexibility and everyone can write their ideas on the spot .