Designing the School-to-Work Transition

by Lesley Donna Williams

19th August 2013

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Felicia needs meaningful work where she

can make a valued contribution & develop

skills to start her own business someday

Idea 1 Prototype:

Hang out at a business school to

learn professional lingo & etiquette

Idea 1 Test & Feedback:

• “Awesome idea, most of us don’t know

how to present ourselves

• “This could allow me to learn through

observation”

• “If I could, I’d like to have a mentor that I

could mimic. Small children observe”

Idea 2 Prototype:

Shadow an entrepreneur

Idea 2 Test & Feedback:

• “This will work well as I want to work in an

entrepreneurial environment or a startup

company so I can learn about the

processes they put in place”

• “It’s about who you know”

Reflection:

a) What I’ve learnt through prototyping• Various ideas can weave to make a single solution

• Solutions seems simple when there are access points to relevant information

• The stakeholder needs to believe that the solution is feasible

b) What I’d do next should I continue with the project• Take Felicia to a business school to observe whether the

solution works

• Go through more of my 50 ideas to connect more of them to each other

• Introduce Felicia to various entrepreneurs to choose a mentor

THANK YOU!