Example Reflection – Visualization

Challenge     The tool that I used was the tool of Visual thinking, I used this one because I  needed to made plan for an entrepreneurship. I continued studying on the  College, but one of my goals since I was little is to start a small pastry shop, but  in view that I don’t have the required experience I decided to use this tool for  helping me to get a perspective of what I can and cannot do when I enter the  workforce. The industry of pastry has a lot of competence, actually the people  are more interested in tasting new flavors, they look for innovation and  something that probably blow theirs minds.     Selection     Having a differentiator is essential for the success of any brand, that is why the  design thinking, more specifically the visual thinking is a tool to show us the  best way to follow. I use this approach to make a list of the materials, tools and  help I need, from any suppliers, and where I need to go to get what I need. The  use of visual tools helps a lot when we were looking for innovation or something  that gives us a plus in front of the competitors.    Application     I start the process making a little list of the main things that my brand needed,  making some drawings on boards, watching a lot of videos of the principal  instruments that a pastry shop needs to start, also I search which social media  is the most effective and opened accounts for my brand. As it was my own  brand and I’m the only one in the project everything was on my account, from  expenses, labor, deliveries and costumer management accounts, purchases,  complaints, comments, a lot of work for a student in progress.    Insight    The use of this tool gave me a lot of support because I had no experience with  branding, but used the visual thinking helped me to visualize all the things that I  had to do before and after thinking about starting my brand. It was not an easy  road, I stressed many times and many times I cried for not knowing enough, but  mostly the visual thinking helped me to clear my mind and think about how to  face the challenges I was living day by day.    I really learned a lot during the course and specifically the visual thinking helped  me to broaden my vision a little bit, to push me to accept uncertainty and stop  relying on data, but also to face new challenges and fail sometimes. Failing is  not bad, it's all about learning and having empathy with the customer to  understand them better and grow as a brand.

Approach     The tool I used was a good one, the only problem is that my brand is already  little, and I must do the hole work, maybe in the near future I can use the same  tool me when I get two or three people I trust or show the ability for helping me  in the pastry shop. In case there is a lot of work, I can distribute the tasks and  receive feedbacks from my collaborators in order to create new strategies that  will lead us on an even better way than the current one.


Example Reflection – Visualization Challenge The tool that I used was the tool of Visual thinking , I used this one because I needed to made plan for an entrepreneurship . I continued studying on the College , but one of my goals since I was little is to start a small pastry shop , but in view that I do n’t have the required experience I decided to use this tool for helping me to get a perspective of what I can and can not do when I enter the workforce . The industry of pastry has a lot of competence , actually the people are more interested in tasting new flavors , they look for innovation and something that probably blow theirs minds . Selection Having a differentiator is essential for the success of any brand , that is why the design thinking , more specifically the visual thinking is a tool to show us the best way to follow . I use this approach to make a list of the materials , tools and help I need , from any suppliers , and where I need to go to get what I need . The use of visual tools helps a lot when we were looking for innovation or something that gives us a plus in front of the competitors . Application I start the process making a little list of the main things that my brand needed , making some drawings on boards , watching a lot of videos of the principal instruments that a pastry shop needs to start , also I search which social media is the most effective and opened accounts for my brand . As it was my own brand and I ’m the only one in the project everything was on my account , from expenses , labor , deliveries and costumer management accounts , purchases , complaints , comments , a lot of work for a student in progress . Insight The use of this tool gave me a lot of support because I had no experience with branding , but used the visual thinking helped me to visualize all the things that I had to do before and after thinking about starting my brand . It was not an easy road , I stressed many times and many times I cried for not knowing enough , but mostly the visual thinking helped me to clear my mind and think about how to face the challenges I was living day by day . I really learned a lot during the course and specifically the visual thinking helped me to broaden my vision a little bit , to push me to accept uncertainty and stop relying on data , but also to face new challenges and fail sometimes . Failing is not bad , it 's all about learning and having empathy with the customer to understand them better and grow as a brand . Approach The tool I used was a good one , the only problem is that my brand is already little , and I must do the hole work , maybe in the near future I can use the same tool me when I get two or three people I trust or show the ability for helping me in the pastry shop . In case there is a lot of work , I can distribute the tasks and receive feedbacks from my collaborators in order to create new strategies that will lead us on an even better way than the current one .