A Little Change in Product Design with Big Environmental Benefits
With a little creativity, an incredibly simple change in a product’s design can provide enormous ecological benefits. Seventh Generation, one of the world’s top brands of green cleaning products, is now shipping its Natural 4X Laundry Detergent in bottles made of cardboard as opposed to the usual plastic. These bottles, both recyclable and made from […]
How Do I Think?! Part II
Now that we are near the end of the d.studio course it is interesting to look back and reflect on the process of my thoughts. How do I think now versus at the beginning of the course? Have I learnt anything new about the process of thinking? These are the questions I think are […]
General Assembly: Real-World Entrepreneurial Education
Post-collegiate students interested in entrepreneurship and in building their own companies are being presented with interesting, unorthodox ways to make connections and get educated. An inspiring example of this is General Assembly, a New York campus for technology, design and entrepreneurship which offers not a degree, but a curriculum which is hands-on, multi-disciplinary and constantly […]
d.studio week 11: prototyping a revised B.Comm.
The students in the d.studio never cease to amaze me. I feel energized by their presence. Week 11 was going to be a “studio-time” for their projects but an opportunity arose for them to help the Sauder Business School in its process of imagining a revised Bachelor of Commerce Program. The committee working on this […]
Reflection #4: Teamwork- building trust
Working in a team is like a box of chocolates- you never know who you’re going to get, but each one is filled with goodness inside. My team- Team Van Houtte- is full of exceptional individuals. I’m pretty sure that each of us could probably do this project alone, but it would not be the […]
Reflection 4: On Teamwork
When finding a common thread between my past four years here at UBC, teamwork is certainly at the top of the list. In almost every aspect of my university career, there is teamwork involved in one way or another. Team projects in courses, working on a team as part of a club, teamwork in my […]
TeamWork: Learning from Other People’s Experiences
According to John Maxwell, an expert on leadership and teamwork, he states,”the truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great achievement.” As a Sauder student, this statement has been proven true in a variety of circumstances. In Sauder, it is more normal to have an assignment with a team than individually. According to […]
Reflection 4: life is all about teams
Teams are everywhere, and teamwork is experienced many times in one’s life. This experience then permits to differentiate between actual teams and working groups. I have been part of several teams, but I think I have really discovered teamwork at school during my exchange in Vancouver. Indeed, after almost one term spent at UBC, I […]
Reflection 4: Putting the Team in Teamwork
We can all agree that being a student at the Sauder School of Business is a challenging role to play. You’re expected to perform at a consistently high academic level, while participating in extra-curricular activities and grooming your resume for the inevitable post-graduation job hunt. For the most part, each student expected this when they […]
Reflection 4: Teamwork experience thus far
With only a few weeks left until graduation, I find that most of my time is spent working on projects, meeting with teams and preparing for a number of presentations. Even when given the chance to write a paper or blog, the topic of teamwork seems to find it’s way into my work (just wrote […]