Improvisation For Design Thinkers
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This document explores the integration of improvisation techniques into design thinking, emphasizing empathy, defining problems, ideation, and prototyping to tackle health challenges in Singapore. It highlights the importance of being present, non-judgmental, and playful while engaging in collaborative processes to understand user needs and foster innovation. The text provides various games and rules that encourage participants to embrace failure, build rapport, and challenge assumptions throughout the design process.
Improvisation For Design Thinkers
- 1. IMPROVISATION FOR DESIGN THINKERS
- 3. HOW YOU NEED TO BE Present Open Non Judgmental Having Fun
- 4. EMPATHISE DEFINE IDEATE PROTOTYPE TEST TODAY DESIGN THINKING? WHAT IS Undefined Problems Human Centered Methodology Based
- 6. DESIGN THINKING IMPROV + People Focused Collaborative Iterative Messy
- 7. YES AND - RULE -
- 8. PLAN A PARTY - GAME -
- 10. HAH – SOH – KAH - GAME -
- 11. MAKE YOUR PARTNER LOOK GOOD - RULE -
- 12. ONE WORD AT A TIME - GAME -
- 13. IMPROV 101 - TAKE AWAY - Yes And Embrace Failure Make Your Partner Look Good
- 14. DESIGN CHALLENGE How do we help Singaporeans be healthier?
- 15. EMPATHISE - 1 - Put Yourself In Their Shoes Understand Context What Do They Really Care About?
- 16. GIVE A SH!T - RULE -
- 17. I GOT YOU A GIFT - GAME -
- 18. FIND THE FEELING - RULE -
- 19. I DO, YOU SAY - GAME -
- 20. EMPATHISE - TAKE AWAY - Give a Sh!t Find The Feeling Build Rapport Understand Motive Discover Context
- 21. HOW DO WE HELP SINGAPOREANS BE HEALTHIER? EMPATHISE In groups, interview each other and find out: What does “healthier” mean? What are the behaviors? What are the challenges? How does context change things? Why does it matter?
- 22. BREAK 5
- 23. DEFINE - 2 - Synthesise Findings Articulate The Problem To Be Solved Build A Point Of View
- 26. IF THIS IS TRUE, WHAT ELSE IS TRUE - RULE -
- 28. DEFINE - TAKE AWAY - Make Things Obvious If This Is True, What Else Is True Scope Tightly Understand Levers Map Out Constraints
- 29. HOW DO WE HELP SINGAPOREANS BE HEALTHIER? DEFINE In groups, frame the problem to be solved: Who is it for, what is the goal, and why do they care? What are the components? What are the assumptions? What are the constraints and levers of the system?
- 30. IDEATE - 3 - Explore The Problem Space Quantity vs Quality Defer Judgment
- 31. BUILD ON THE IDEAS OF OTHERS - RULE -
- 32. I AM A TREE - GAME -
- 33. IT’S OK TO LET GO - RULE -
- 34. FREEZE - GAME -
- 35. IDEATE - TAKE AWAY - Build On The Ideas of Others It’s OK To Let Go Be Non Obvious Defer Judgment Challenge Assumptions
- 36. HOW DO WE HELP SINGAPOREANS BE HEALTHIER? IDEATE In groups, explore the problem space: What are the common ways to solve? What other context has a similar solution? What are you reminded of? How can you apply more force to a lever? What if your assumptions were untrue?
- 37. Yes And Embrace Failure Make Your Partner Look Good Give a Sh!t Find The Feeling Make Things Obvious If This is True, What Else is True Build On The Ideas of Others It’s OK To Let Go RULES
- 38. NOTES - CLOSING - It’s Not About The Rules Mindset Matters Everything Will be OK