The heroes started a debate to this question: “What’s the hardest part of a Hero’s Journey?” A) courage to take the first step B) persevering after struggle In a Socratic Discussion, there are no right answers. First, we start with votes, and then the group had to discuss through based on the Rules of Engagement. […]
“What separate the ones who will change the world?” The heroes took a while to warm up. They opened up with an answer that those who do change the world are the ones who solve problems and have the right attitude of working. A focused morning: The excursion today was a walking trip to the TTDI
“Does the past determine the future?” We started the launch asking this deep question. Many initially voted no, reflecting the free spirit character of the heroes. But after some hard discussions, this vote swayed. An announcement: Hero R has withdrawn from the Design Thinking Program. The heroes started the day dedicating their time to wish him
The day started with Uncle Adrian sharing his experiences working as a Managing Director for Hewlett Packard in London. The heroes initially struggled as the IT services business is rather abstract! However, it soon opened up when one of the heroes asked: “What was the funniest conversation you had?” The heroes presented their ideas for
Student intentionality has been waning. The heroes have been making promises and rules but struggled to keep the standards. The guides constantly asked: “Are you going to keep the standards that you have set, or do we need to lower them?” The studio promises that they have been trying to keep literally got “trashed” over.
Today’s lots of hard work. Both mentally and physically.The heroes had to put up all the furniture, decorations, and so on. Mentally, the heroes went through 1-to-1 reviews on their Full Circle feedback (a.k.a. 360 feedback). Guides listened to the heroes and discussed how to make use of the feedback to make this week better.
The heroes have been looking forward to today. They are visiting Google (Malaysia HQ)! Before the visit, they compiled the question they would like to ask Google and made thank you cards: Off we go to Google Malaysia! The heroes feeling the Google engine. This is a live board of the current top searches in
Having their designs approved by Mr. Teoh two days ago, the heroes made their purchases today and got their hands dirty on the project. The day started off with a one-hour shopping sprint! Making real life decisions – a goal in mind with a budget constraint. The heroes managed to complete their purchases before the one-hour
The highlight of today is a trip to Mindvalley! We started the day watching YouTube videos relating to the company, and did the 3 Most Important Question Exercise. Many of the heroes’ experience goals are travelling around the world and skydiving! After lunch, the heroes were off to the Mindvalley offices. Lux greeted the heroes with a
The heroes started the day reviewing through their 360 (full circle) feedback report. It was an opportunity to reflect and learn from their peer’s feedback. This is how 21st century work/learning environment would look like! Back to working as designers. Design Thinking Step 3: Ideate. The heroes started with brainstorming and eventually took the ideas into one
