...IDEA JUMPSTART Assessment 1B: In-class (Individual) Bag Made-to-Order Task Sheet (20%) Instructions: This is a 20% individual assignment. It should be completed IN CLASS and submitted at the end of the lesson. Task: To apply the process of Divergent Thinking (Flexibility, Fluency, Originality and Elaboration) in designing ORIGINAL design ideas for customized bags, which is suitable to user needs. Assessment Criteria: * Able to state user needs clearly * Able to generate design ideas for bags which reflect varieties (not overly similar to one another) * Able to generate design ideas for bags that are relevant and suitable to user needs * Able to generate design ideas for bags which reflect originality * Able to elaborate on design ideas with sufficient description and details and clarify with sketches, where appropriate Part A- Scrutiny of Bag Examination of your friend’s bag Find a classmate to work with for this assignment. Allow your friend to scrutinise your bag and vice versa. Make as many notes as you can about what you see. Part B – Bag Talk Interview Your Classmate (Ask at least 4 questions) Interview your classmate to profile him/her. Look for needs and observe what they say and how they utilize their bag. The objective is to find out questions like: Who is this consumer? What does this bag mean to him/her? Some Suggested Questions: How many bags do you have? On what occasions do you use this bag? What...
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...Hola Jimmy; a la vista de lo poco que hemos hablado hoy y el borrador que me has mandado se me han ido pasando por la cabeza una serie de cosas que prefiero dejar por escrito. En primer lugar la idea me parece genial, pero me parece que peca de cierto utopismo aunque sea en un principio. Pienso que la clave del éxito de esta idea reside en el gran atractivo que puede presentar a primera vista tanto para un universitario que como si dijéramos, ya está ‘triunfando’ en el ámbito universitario, así como para una empresa importante que, con más o menos dificultades acaba accediendo el día de mañana a esas cabezas pensantes. Por ello todo el tema de la solidaridad, personas interesadas en temas que debatir como política o lectura entre iguales y con especialistas, debe ser una consecuencia natural de juntar grandes cabezas en una misma plataforma. Creo que la idea debe ir más enfocada al concepto que voy a copiar de Steve Jobs, mi gran referente en este ámbito: ‘different thinker’: como seguro estás informado, hoy en día las empresas no buscan ratoncillos de biblioteca que puedan memorizar grandes libros, ni tampoco el típico ‘social’ que intelectualmente no valga mucho, sino que más bien buscan una combinación de ambos como bien hemos estado hablando. No obstante, el top top es el different thinker, como aquella persona que es capaz de pensar diferente, capaz de resolver problemas yendo por otro camino del que una persona normal seguiría. Se busca una originalidad de pensamiento en...
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...use the word `idea` in lots of different contexts: `idea` may describe thoughts and suggestions (It would be an awesome idea to spend the winter holiday in Austria), new concepts (The idea of this website is to help people match their pets) or even opinions and beliefs (My idea is that public transportation remains the best way to travel across the city). However, this wide variety of uses creates a little bit of confusion: if the ideas are so ubiquitous, why, in many cases, it seems so difficult to make them happen? Cobb, the main character from Inception, has a possible answer. No idea is simple when you need to plant it in somebody else’s mind, he states. Indeed, ideas represent only a basic step (yet an important one, for sure) in the evolution: they act like a bridge between `imagining` and `doing`. What is really interesting to be followed here is the way ideas transform themselves when meeting the collective mind: either they are validated and accepted or they die. Ideas are important. At the same time, ideas surround us: they are in our heads, in the people around us, in places, buildings, animals, what someone is wearing, a snippet of conversation, something you hear, a smell. Basically, ideas are everywhere since they act as mental representations of the world. Thus, ideas begin in the mind: they are the object of thoughts (Adler: 1981, p. 14) . Moreover, ideas make the world, for they are the guide to future practice. Even the flimsiest ideas rooted in prejudice...
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...The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself. The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they're something the founders themselves want, that they themselves can build, and that few others realize are worth doing. Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, and Facebook all began this way. Problems Why is it so important to work on a problem you have? Among other things, it ensures the problem really exists. It sounds obvious to say you should only work on problems that exist. And yet by far the most common mistake startups make is to solve problems no one has. I made it myself. In 1995 I started a company to put art galleries online. But galleries didn't want to be online. It's not how the art business works. So why did I spend 6 months working on this stupid idea? Because I didn't pay attention to users. I invented a model of the world that didn't correspond to reality, and worked from that. I didn't notice my model was wrong until I tried to convince users to pay for what we'd built. Even then I took embarrassingly long to catch on. I was attached to my model of the world, and I'd spent a lot of time on the software. They had to want it! Why do so many founders build things no one wants? Because they begin by trying to think of startup ideas. That m.o. is doubly dangerous: it doesn't merely yield few good ideas; it yields bad ideas that sound plausible enough...
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...This is a free bonus version of 101 Romantic Ideas. Feel free to forward to or make copies for your friends. TheRomantic.com 101 Romantic Ideas 101 ROMANTIC IDEAS by Michael Webb, Founder, TheRomantic.com IDEA # 1 If your partner is going away for a few days, tell her that you are worried about her so you have organized a bodyguard to look after her. Then give her a small teddy bear. IDEA # 2 Buy a packet of glow in the dark stars and stick the stars on the roof above your bed to spell out a message such as "I Love You" When the lights go down, your message will be revealed! IDEA # 3 On a special occasion, buy your partner eleven real red roses and one artificial red rose. Place the artificial rose in the center of the bouquet. Attach a card that says: “I will love you until the last rose fades.” IDEA # 4 Buy the domain name of your partner's name if it is available for example www.TanyaJohnston.com. Create a web page containing a romantic poem and a picture of a rose. When your partner is surfing the web, casually ask whether she has ever checked to see whether her domain name is taken. Let her type it in to discover her page. TheRomantic.com 101 Romantic Ideas IDEA # 5 Buy a stylish hand mirror and give it to your partner as a gift. Include a card in the box saying “In this mirror you will see the image of the most beautiful woman in the world.” IDEA # 6 Take a book that your partner is reading and using a pencil, underline letters in a section of the book she has...
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...TRABAJO DE INVESTIGACION PRIMER ANTEPROYECTO I. TITULO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Las ideas innovadoras y su relación con la creación de microempresas en los alumnos de Ingeniería Comercial, Tacna 2010 II. PLANTEAR EL PROBLEMA DE INVESTIGACIÓN ¿Qué relación hay entre las ideas innovadoras para la creación de microempresas en los alumnos de ESCO, Tacna 2010? III. FORMULACION DEL PROBLEMA: Al hacer una revisión de los indicadores macroeconómicos, nuestro país es acreedor y no deudor, pues las reservas internacionales superan en 50% a la deuda externa pública. Las exportaciones se han quintuplicado, estamos en un grado de inversión similar a Brasil y el riesgo país se redujo a menos de la mitad. La pobreza ha disminuido en un tercio y la miseria a casi la mitad, la inflación es menor a 3% y el presupuesto de las regiones tiene un superávit sin ejecutar de 4 mil millones de soles. Más importante aún, la actitud de los peruanos ha cambiado.La juventud universitaria no sólo debe anhelar un trabajo en el sector privado, sino también mirar a la administración pública como un sector donde se puede hacer carrera y desde allí ayudar al país a ser más eficientes. Hoy miles de compatriotas miran al mundo como su horizonte. La multiplicación de nuestras exportaciones, es producto tanto de la inversión y productividad de grandes empresas, como del aporte de muchísimas empresas, pequeñas y medianas, hasta micro, que compiten ya con calidad y productos premiun. Es por ello que la juventud debe...
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...As the main tenet of Buddhism is "suffering", "impermanence" and "no soul", many have the misconception that it has a pessimistic outlook and is devoid of any kind of aesthetic appreciation. Although this may at first appear to be very convincing, they are in fact far from the truth and are no more than mistaken generalizations. The primary aesthetic concept at the heart of Buddhist culture is the aspiration of leading a holy life. In Buddhism, beauty is not for beauty's sake. It has been viewed as an incentive for those who aspire to the holy life. The Buddhist concept of aesthetic is a beauty of things that are imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. The cultivation of the right attitude to aesthetic is very important. A beautiful object itself is not goodness or rightness per se. Buddhism advocates aesthetic experience to a higher mode of living; it should be instrumental for moral development. Thus it is the distortion of perception that has to be rid of by perceiving objects as impermanent, unsatisfactory, repulsive and non-substantial. The world is full of beauty in a very spiritual and an abstract sense, but it is the man himself who defiles and destroys that beauty by trying to possess it. Thus Buddha's advice is to get detached from the apparent beauty of the external world that pleases the physical eyes, and to cultivate non-attachment to them, which would result in man himself realizing the beauty within his own mind. This is the moral or spiritual and inward beauty...
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...２０１２ Entrepreneurship Homework Format （Should be typed） Common for Ch. ３ TEXT APU ID# | Class ID # | Name | 12409252 | 98 | HOANG Phuong Linh | Three Major Points of Contents | 1.Every opportunity starts with an idea and the ideas that most often lead to successful business first must be something the entrepreneur is truly passionate about. Idea multiplication and its exemplification of IDEO is one of the most useful processes that helps entrepreneur moving from the seed of an idea to something that is robust, exciting and powerful. There are four basic steps in this process: (1) gather stimuli, (2) multiply stimuli, (3) create customer concept and (4) optimize practicality2. Second, the idea is a strong opportunity as measured on the opportunity checklist. To be sure of having strong opportunity, entrepreneurs need a deep understanding of their customer, preferably knowing the customer by name. Better opportunities will have bigger market size and potentially growth in the future. Furthermore, these customers will buy the product frequently and pay a premium price for it (strong margins). Thus entrepreneurs need to be students of the marketplace, learning what trends are converging, and how do these shape customer demand today and into the future3.In order to prevent customers from shifting their attention to competitors, entrepreneurs need understanding competitive dynamics so that entrepreneurs can shape their opportunities to each the customer better than the competition...
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...Rafael A. Rivera-Torres EDUC 171.001 Instructor S. Franklin January 22, 2014 Five big ideas for freshman orientation As mentioned by Robert Talbert, most freshmen do not have a good concept in how to manage the freedom college has to offer. By this article Talbert gives current and/or future Freshman Orientation Leaders five topics that should be emphasized more than any other topic. In fact, Robert covers top key points to success when transitioning from high school to college life. He starts by addressing how high school expectations differ from those in college, and make his way through tips in time management, academic honesty, health, and how to use free time—which in my opinion he could have included it in the second topic, time management. From a student’s point of view, it could be said that Talbert may be going too far concerning how to handle free time, yet someone else may say this topic was the best explained topic. Who does not think that time belongs to them? Talbert clarifies to whom students’ free time really belongs to. In overall, students do not want to face this reality, but when in college one’s time should be generally spent on her/his education. He is fair, as well, when he speaks on expectations. His explanation on the topic makes it clear that students are no longer in ‘high school.” Idea that many students, including myself, do not understand until academic issues arise. When addressing academic honesty, he brings up a common, although inadequate...
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...Technology Ventures – from idea to execution November 2014 Assignment 1 Due Date: December 18th 2014 Students should team up in groups of 3 or 4; each group shall select one of the portfolio startups of thetime – a technology incubator. (www.thetime.co.il). - Although you are teamed in groups this first assignment is individual, each student should submit his/her own report (Your next assignments will be team assignments). - Preferred Language: English Submission Format: • Word File, File name format: _ 11 or 12 point font, 1.5 line space, not longer than 15 pages. • Submit digitally via Moodle. Assignment Description Part I Create a report which reviews the business of the selected startup and the context in which it operates. This report should be based on available public information. The report should include at least the following elements: • • • The Business Concept Summary The Competitive Landscape & Context A Description of the company and its Business Model, utilizing the 9 building blocks discussed in class. • SWOT style analysis . The Business Concept Summary should be concise, not longer than one page, may be shorter. Make sure it covers a synopsis of the company’s business. Summary should cover the following elements (as applicable to your company): Market / Problem / Need, Customer, Solution / Product, Uniqueness / Value, Revenue source / How the company expects to make money. In the Competition and Landscape section, make sure you...
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...Explore the Importance of an Idea Having Value For an idea to be perceived as a good one – does it need to be completely new, or incredibly useful. Maybe it needs to be both. Are the ‘new’ ideas that people are thinking of actually just revitalised versions of an already existing idea? Or do people not have enough experience in the field of ‘creative thinking’ and give up too easy? It is inevitable that people perceive creativity in different ways, but this essay will explore and discuss the debate of ideas, the process of ideas, and the importance of ideas obtaining worth and reasoning. Some people believe that for an idea to be a good one, it needs to have value. Speaking in a video titled “Edward De Bono on Creative Thinking”, De Bono states that he believes an idea with no value is “just being different for the sake of being different”, which he thinks is what gives creativity a bad name. He uses the example of creating a ‘triangular door’, despite the fact that doors are always rectangular. He states that if you cannot prove the value of this idea, then this is just being different for the sake of it, which he does not deem as creativity (2006). This shows that whilst De Bono supports this idea of creativity, he believes ideas should be not only new, but also useful. Expanding on an idea with no true reason is not something he believes is necessary. Robinson also agrees with this notion, stating, “Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process;...
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...2 Introduction Where Good Ideas come from. After viewing a video by Steven Johnson, he had a belief that good ideas began in 1650 when the first coffee house opened in Oxford named the Grand Café’. He used the notion that prior to the coffee house opening, people would use alcohol regularly which caused a block for creating good ideas. Because of this opening of the coffee house, people would gather and share ideas under a more sobering condition. As Steven Johnson stated, “It was a flowering of enlightenment.” People were not using alcohol as their depressant, but rather drinking coffee as a simulant which in turn equaled better ideas. There were discussions and debates on various topics. It was Kevin Dunbar who sought that ideas came from a conference room. “People often credit their ideas to be individual “Eureka” moments.” But what is an idea? Are they an object or a concept? Or are they visionary thoughts within one’s mind? There are always different views to one word. An idea is a term which “I think, serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks.” Or an idea is “an image or representation, often but not necessarily in the mind.” David Hume described an idea as an “impression.” Then Immanuel Kant’s definition says “ideas may not be completely realized.” There are so many ways to view one word that one person cannot be certain. I know I am certain in my idea. I am not a good writer. 3 In Steven Johnson’s video, he...
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...PROJECT REPORT ON “To measure Idea Champion Club Retailer’s Satisfaction levels and to identify the effective Strategies of Retailer Engagement Program” At Idea Cellular (Prepaid) Region: Delhi-NCR From: 07/04/2013-06/06/2013 By Mayur Kriplani (IM20-234) PGDIM (2013-2015) Submitted for the partial fulfillment of Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management National Institute of Industrial Engineering ViharLake, 400087 Under the guidance of Project Mentor: Faculty Guide: Mr. Inderjeet Sethi Prof. Sanjeev Verma General Manager-Sales (Prepaid) Professor Idea Cellular, Delhi-NCR NITIE, Mumbai National Institute Of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai Page 1 CERTIFICATE OF PROJECT COMPLETION This is to certify that Mr. Mayur Kriplani, student of Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management (PGDIM) 20th Batch of National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) has successfully completed his two months Summer Internship Project titled as: “To measure Idea Champion Club Retailer’s Satisfaction levels and to identify the effective Strategies of Retailer Engagement Program” At Idea Cellular, Aditya Birla Group, Delhi-NCR, under the guidance of Prof. Sanjeev Verma, faculty guide, NITIE and Mr. Inderjeet Sethi, General manager- Sales, Idea Cellular, Delhi-NCR from April 7th, 2013 to June 6th, 2013. I appreciate the efforts put by him and wish him a bright and prosperous future...
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...I think the essay "How do people get news ideas" absolutely relate to our course and LINKS. Working as a team is to bring people in many skills together in order to solve problems, to gather information and even to get new ideas. I found some quote that relate to this, as followed: If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an "idea" and I have an "idea" and we exchange these "ideas", then each of us will have two ideas.---George Bernard Shaw According to Isaac Asimov' essay, The optimum number of the group would probably not be very high. I should guess that no more than five would be wanted. A larger group might have a larger total supply of information, but there would be the tension of waiting to speak, which can be very frustrating. It is absolutely true. Although having a large number of people within team may provide a lot of information, it will frustrate to members. Then within the team should collect only appropriate people such as different skills. However, teams have proved that they can make many great solutions and provide several new ideas, but sometime those Ideas may be similar because they do, work, think in the same or similar environment. According to the essay, sometimes teams need to have a conference at different places such as coffee stores and someone' home to have new environment and it easier to get new ideas. To improve individual skills are also important...
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...Summary of Where Good Ideas Come From Christian Myers October 4, 2014 Mr. Vigneron GS1145 I have wondered where people come up with these creative ideas to make our lives easier or more enjoyable so to say. Like George Washington Carver creating peanut butter or the Wright Brothers creating the first airplane over a century, which has been continuously used for numerous of things. According to Steven Johnson there are reoccurring patterns for coming up with these good ideas. He talks about how we want be more creative, come up with better ideas. Johnson took a picture of the first coffee shop in England and explains how they came up with the Enlightenment Party. Then Johnson explains the environments of the “Eureka Moments; flash, stroke, epiphany, eureka, and light bulb” (johnson, 2010). Which doesn’t happen immediately. It is called the slow hunch, which is a long-term idea that develops in a year or two or several years from now. Basically, “The idea has to incubate to form for that eureka moment” (johnson, 2010). However, if you have half a hunch you could find more people with the other half and they combined together called a “Collision which allows hundreds of people to connect with others hunches” (johnson, 2010). Johnson expounds the liquid network, which is “New network of neutrons firing in sync in your brain, new configuration that have not formed before” (johnson, 2010). Johnson reveals how Kevin Dunbar traveled around to these different science lab and...
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