Stanford University Design Thinking Action Lab

Deliverable #2

Ideate Pete Healy

WHAT ARE THE MOST

OBVIOUS SOLUTIONS TO THIS

PROBLEM??????

STRENGTHS

IDENTIFIED

EARLIER

HOW WOULD A 5

YEAR OLD SOLVE

THIS????? PERFORM

ENACTMENTS

VIVIDLY

DESCRIBE WHAT

THEY DREAM OF

BECOMING ASK SIMPLE

CLARIFYING

QUESTIONS

EXTEND THE HORIZON

LONGER THAN LAST 6

MONTHS BEFORE

SCHOOL ENDS TO FOCUS

ON CAREER

CHANGE FOCUS FROM,

EDUCATION / COLLEGE

CHOICES TO DESIRED

CAREER

TRANSPARENCY

AROUND PATH

TO DESIRED

CAREERS

LINK HOBBIES /

INTERESTS TO

POTENTIAL

CAREERS

INCREASE THE

OPPORTUNITIES FOR

SCHOOL KIDS TO

ENGAGE WITH

PROFESSIONALS

PRACTICAL – EXPOSURE

TO TRADES

SCULPTURE, CULINARY,

DESIGN … TECH .. APP /

WEB DEVELOPERS

ALLY FEARS /

HELP SCHOOLS

KIDS DESIGN

THEIR FUTURE

TED TALKS FOR

SCHOOLS –

INSPIRE / OPEN

MINDS

AS - IS > LAST 6 MONTHS

EDUCATION

COLLEGE INSTITUTION FOCUS

START 24 MONTHS

CAREER FOCUS

STRENGTHS - ARTISTIC , HUMANISTIC

SERVICE DESIGN GURU

SHOW YOU THROUGH

DESIGNED ARTIFACTS

WHAT THEY THINK THE

JOB ENTAILS

PROBLEM STATEMENT

STEVE A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT

AND WELL EDUCATED

SCHOOL GRADUATE

STAKEHOLDER

NEEDS A WAY TO ..TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HIS MOST

LIKELY DESIRED CAREER PATH BEFORE

LEAVING SCHOOL

BECAUSE ..IN ORDER TO MAKE MORE ACCURATE AND INFORMED

EDUCATIONAL CHOICES … TO SPEED UP HIS TRANSITION

FROM SCHOOL TO HIS DESIRED OCCUPATION

NEED INSIGHT

CONSOLIDATED IDEA

THE FLIP

A NEW MODEL

INDUSTRY FAIRS

IN SCHOOL NOT

COLLEGE FAIR

HOBBIES,

INTERESTS,

DESIRES

UNPACKED

START HERE

POTENTIAL

BUSINESS

APPLICATION

EXPLORED

IDENTIFY EMERGING

STRENGTHS

INVESTIGATED

(STRENGTH FINDER)

MIDWAY THROUGH

SCHOOL

CREATIVE

DESIGNER

NUMERICAL

DISCOVERY

PRACTICAL WORK

EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO

LEAVING SCHOOL COMPANIES OPP.TO PITCH TO

POTENTIAL FUTURE EMPLOYEES

(NEW INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO

THEM … MORE THAN GRADES.. I.E.

THEIR DESIRES .& EMERGING

STRENGTHS)

STORYTELLING -

PARTICULAR FOCUS ON

THE MULTIPLE PATHS

TAKEN TO GET TO

DESIRED CAREER

DOWN WEIGHT THE

COLLEGE FOCUS -

DIAL UP THE PATH TO

CAREER

DESIRED CAREER /

INTERESTS / SKILL SET

LEADING EDUCATION

CHOICES

HOW WOULD WE SOLVE THIS

PROBLEM WITH UNLIMITED

BUDGET???

HOW WOULD WE

SOLVE THIS

WITHOUT SPENDING

ANY MONEY

TAP INTO ORGANIZATIONS

WILLING TO INVEST (PART OF

THEIR HIGHER PURPOSE) TO

HELP YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE

MORE INFORMED CHOICES

RELATING TO THEIR CAREERS

DISRUPTIVE IDEA

COMPANIES PITCH TO

SCHOOL STUDENTS THEY

FEEL ARE POTENTIAL GREAT

MATCH WITH THEIR PURPOSE

(FLIP THE EXISTING MODEL)

ENGAGE PARENTS AND ASK THEM

TO SHARE THEIR CAREER PATH

STORIES … (LIKELY THE PATH IS NOT

AS LINEAR AS THE TRADITION

MODEL WE ARE LEAD TO BELIEVE IS

FOLLOWED BY MOST)

DOWN WEIGHT GRADING …. FOCUS TO

CREATING TRIBES / CLUSTERS WITHIN

SCHOOLS FOR KIDS WITH SIMILAR

HOBBIES / INTERESTS TO FOSTER &

DEVELOP TOGETHER .. THEREBY

LEADING TO MORE INFORMED

FURTHER EDUCATION AND CAREER

CHOICES

2 MONTH GRAD

STYLE PROGRAMS IN

LAST 2 YEARS OF

SCHOOL

COMPANIES MORE

VESTED EARLY AS

STAKEHOLDER……

IN STUDENTS

TRANSITION

PROBLEM STATEMENT

STEVE A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT

AND WELL EDUCATED

SCHOOL GRADUATE

STAKEHOLDER

NEEDS A WAY TO ..TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HIS MOST

LIKELY DESIRED CAREER PATH BEFORE

LEAVING SCHOOL

BECAUSE ..IN ORDER TO MAKE MORE ACCURATE AND INFORMED

EDUCATIONAL CHOICES … TO SPEED UP HIS TRANSITION

FROM SCHOOL TO HIS DESIRED OCCUPATION

NEED INSIGHT

FAVORITE IDEA

>ONE THAT YOU ARE

EXCITED ABOUT

PARENTS MORE ACTIVELY

ENGAGED TO SHARE THEIR

PERSPECTIVE / THEIR STORY

WITH THE STUDENT

POPULATION TO HIGHLIGHT

THE VARIETY OF PATHS

PEOPLE CAN TAKE TO

ACHIEVE TO THEIR DESIRED

CAREERS (ALLY FEARS,

INSPIRE ..FOCUS ON CAREERS

OVER EDUCATION CHOICES)

“THE FLIP” IS A CONSOLIDATED IDEA TO TRANSFORM

ALL ASPECTS OF THE EXISTING TRADITIONAL

MODEL

I’M REALLY EXCITED BY THE

IDEA TO TRYING TO LINK

HOBBIES / INTERESTS TO

EMERGING STRENGTHS /

CAPABILITIES TO LEAD TO

MORE INFORMED FOR

STUDENT A YEAR OR TWO

BEFORE THEY EXIT THE

SCHOOL SYSTEM

MOST DISRUPTIVE IDEA

>ONE THAT WOULD MAKE A

HUGE IMPACT REGARDLESS

OF HOW FEASIBLE

MOST PRACTICAL IDEA

>ONE THAT COULD BE

EASILY IMPLEMENTED<

PROBLEM STATEMENT

STEVE A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT

AND WELL EDUCATED

SCHOOL GRADUATE

STAKEHOLDER

NEEDS A WAY TO ..TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HIS MOST

LIKELY DESIRED CAREER PATH BEFORE

LEAVING SCHOOL

BECAUSE ..IN ORDER TO MAKE MORE ACCURATE AND INFORMED

EDUCATIONAL CHOICES … TO SPEED UP HIS TRANSITION

FROM SCHOOL TO HIS DESIRED OCCUPATION

NEED INSIGHT

IDEATION SESSION

Stanford University Design Thinking Action Lab

Deliverable #1

Empathy Map & Problem Statement Pete Healy