OD41

2 April 2024

Design Thinking for Innovation: Defining Opportunities

Question:

What are the key aspects of a constructive mind-set?

  • Working collaboratively

  • Working in a multi-disciplinary way

  • Building on what you know


Question

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Put the steps for creating experience maps in the correct order.

  1. Identify and bring together appropriate participants

  2. Establish the map's parameters

  3. Capture the initial considerations under the Doing, Thinking, and Feeling headings

  4. Revise and refine by adding more detail

  5. Reiterate and review


Question
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What are the advantages of using affinity clustering in your design process?

  • Facilitates a shared understanding of the information available

  • Supports synthesis of the issues and generation of insights

  • Promotes generative discussion among your team

  • Helps you identify patterns and themes in data


Question

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What are the benefits of using affinity clustering when organizing data?

  • It facilitates shared understanding among your team members

  • It helps you identify patterns in your research data

  • It promotes generative discussion

  • It supports generation of insights to come up with design opportunities



Question

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Match POD tool categories to the corresponding characteristics. Each category may match to more than one characteristic.

  • Doesn't cause a strong reaction
  • Should be addressed quickly


Question

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What are the key elements of the formula for creating actionable insights?

  • Stakeholder/Persona

  • Need/Driver

  • Barrier/Constraint

  • Activity/Behavior



Question

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Consider the insight: "Green consumers want sustainable transportation, but worry it will be inconvenient and increase commute time."


Which opportunity statements are effective based on this insight?
  • How is it possible to collaborate with public authorities to introduce electric-powered public transport vehicles that will have low commute times?

  • In what ways could we empower consumers to understand the environmental impact of electric versus gas-powered vehicles?

  • How can we ensure that our electric cars are just as efficient and comfortable as our standard offering?

  • How might we communicate with consumers about the safety and comfort of our electric cars?