REFLECTION – LEARNING LAUNCH

Challenge:    I have been in the creative services. Also I am a Corporate Trainer. One of my  friends is a business growth consultant to a lot of companies. He approached  me with one of his client's problem. They have been observing a decrease in  productivity of few of their employees. They were not able to think out of the  box and were stuck with traditional methods which was affecting their work.         Selection:    I planned to work on this in three stages. First using ethnography to  understand the employees. Then using secondary research I came across  some facts about the employees' psychology. And finally using the Learning  Launch I came up with few activities and engaged to employees to find out  the results.         Application:    Initially I wanted to understand the mindset of the employees. So I opted for  ethnography. First, I had a discussion with the HR team of the company about  the interviews they had with employees and their yearly reviews. Then we  spent time with those particular employees and figured out that most of them  believed that they have a feeling of not excelling at things that matter the  most. And everyone of them believes that they are not creative.   We used the secondary research tool to understand how can we break the  monotonous thinking patterns. Spoke to the company's psychologist and  Went through some articles on the Internet.   We planned to use the learning launch tool. So we came up with three  activities to test whether that would help the employees break the  monotonous thinking.   1. Random Thinking. Each participant will speak sentences back to back  which doesn't have any kind of relation with the previous and the next  sentence. For example: Today is a beautiful day. My car is white in colour.  Netflix has a launched a new program. Winter is coming... And so on.   2. Visualization. Each participant will come at the board and scribble  something and the others should write down what they see. What kind of  shapes or thing they can see.  3. Brainstorming. Each participant will get an object and they have to write  what other ways that object can be used apart from its original use. For  example : If someone gets a pen. Then apart from writing or drawing a pen  can be used to dig a hole. It can be used to play truth and dare. It can be used  as a dart and so on.

Insights:    While these activities were doing on, the employees seemed to be excited  and participated well. These activities seem easy but they aren't. These  activities help to create a spark in your right brain to think out of the box.  Initially they were not able to think much but as this session was held regularly  their thoughts and ideas went on increasing. Slowly within few weeks we  observed that there was a increase in the productivity of few of those  employees. They were able to look at things in a different manner and their  confidence was boosted.         Approach:    Initially we held the activities for one session to help them understand what  needs to be done and told them to practice it atleast 30 minutes a day. But it  was observed that doing these activities on their own was a bit difficult  because it wasn't much motivating. So later we planned to conduct these  sessions in the office hours so that as a team they were able to contribute. So  these activities were conducted for few days and it was observed that the  employees were interested and were looking forward for the sessions  everyday. So I discussed with the HR team and decided to keep this as a part  of their daily routine and decide a time so that it doesn't affect their work  during office hours. We kept on changing the activities after few weeks so that  it doesn't get monotonous. Now these sessions have become a part of the  company's routine to help the employees have some fun and think out of the  box. It was observed that Learning Launch was an appropriate tool as we  reviewed the employees and made a few adjustments from the learning and  incorporated in the company's policy.


REFLECTION – LEARNING LAUNCH Challenge : I have been in the creative services . Also I am a Corporate Trainer . One of my friends is a business growth consultant to a lot of companies . He approached me with one of his client 's problem . They have been observing a decrease in productivity of few of their employees . They were not able to think out of the box and were stuck with traditional methods which was affecting their work . Selection : I planned to work on this in three stages . First using ethnography to understand the employees . Then using secondary research I came across some facts about the employees ' psychology . And finally using the Learning Launch I came up with few activities and engaged to employees to find out the results . Application : Initially I wanted to understand the mindset of the employees . So I opted for ethnography . First , I had a discussion with the HR team of the company about the interviews they had with employees and their yearly reviews . Then we spent time with those particular employees and figured out that most of them believed that they have a feeling of not excelling at things that matter the most . And everyone of them believes that they are not creative . We used the secondary research tool to understand how can we break the monotonous thinking patterns . Spoke to the company 's psychologist and Went through some articles on the Internet . We planned to use the learning launch tool . So we came up with three activities to test whether that would help the employees break the monotonous thinking . 1 . Random Thinking . Each participant will speak sentences back to back which does n't have any kind of relation with the previous and the next sentence . For example : Today is a beautiful day . My car is white in colour . Netflix has a launched a new program . Winter is coming ... And so on . 2 . Visualization . Each participant will come at the board and scribble something and the others should write down what they see . What kind of shapes or thing they can see . 3 . Brainstorming . Each participant will get an object and they have to write what other ways that object can be used apart from its original use . For example : If someone gets a pen . Then apart from writing or drawing a pen can be used to dig a hole . It can be used to play truth and dare . It can be used as a dart and so on . Insights : While these activities were doing on , the employees seemed to be excited and participated well . These activities seem easy but they are n't . These activities help to create a spark in your right brain to think out of the box . Initially they were not able to think much but as this session was held regularly their thoughts and ideas went on increasing . Slowly within few weeks we observed that there was a increase in the productivity of few of those employees . They were able to look at things in a different manner and their confidence was boosted . Approach : Initially we held the activities for one session to help them understand what needs to be done and told them to practice it atleast 30 minutes a day . But it was observed that doing these activities on their own was a bit difficult because it was n't much motivating . So later we planned to conduct these sessions in the office hours so that as a team they were able to contribute . So these activities were conducted for few days and it was observed that the employees were interested and were looking forward for the sessions everyday . So I discussed with the HR team and decided to keep this as a part of their daily routine and decide a time so that it does n't affect their work during office hours . We kept on changing the activities after few weeks so that it does n't get monotonous . Now these sessions have become a part of the company 's routine to help the employees have some fun and think out of the box . It was observed that Learning Launch was an appropriate tool as we reviewed the employees and made a few adjustments from the learning and incorporated in the company 's policy .