Designed thoughts about the design process
I registered for COMM486J, The Sauder dStudio, because I was intrigued by its name. What would be the course content? What is studio learning? And most importantly, what is design? I trekked trough the first few weeks of class because I was engaged in the course content and inspired by my fellow classmates. And yet […]
Processes of Processes..
Intuitively my understanding of the design process begins with looking at the situation. By looking at the situation, I am gathering information and all relevant data. I ask myself what am I trying to do? What is the situation? What problems am I trying to address? For whom is this? What are my guidelines and […]
Clinic Book: The Business Canvas
The process of creating this project was definitely one to remember because it was nothing like what I’ve ever done at Sauder so far. Doing the project reminded of me of the good old’ days in high school when I had to be creative and cut/ paste/ posters for class. However, in retrospect, this project […]
Strategic Regression to Childhood: Re-Discovering Design Thinking
I’m jealous of children. They observe. They absorb. They create. They play. But mostly, I’m jealous of their boldness. They say what they think. They test the boundaries. They question the rules. They see without interpreting. They see without judging. They colour outside the lines. Examine children in imaginary play: they are inspired, they ideate, and they […]
Business Model Generation – Start-up Edition
How do you turn an idea into reality? More specifically, how do you take an idea, create a business model around it, and bring it to market? The act of business model generation is actually an art. It takes willpower, knowledge, risk, and an undying ability to persevere in order to create a successful new […]
From An Idea, Off It Went
The “next big thing” starts off with an idea, and from there, a series of discussions and experiments take off. When my partner and I interviewed Lindsay Watt, Co-Founder of Placeling, we had set out just to understand his business and its components as laid out by the business canvas model. However, sitting in Calhoun’s […]
Reflection 2: Interview and Canvas Reflection
Project 3 is the most engaging project that I ever had in Sauder. I enjoyed it alot mainly due to two things: First, one of the best parts of this project is the fact that this project extends beyond classrooms to current real world businesses that is growing every minute as I am typing this […]
Reflection 2: THe Business Canvas Project
The Business Canvas project has been an interesting experience. I really enjoyed working with Steve and our meeting was fun and enjoyable. I would have liked to spend more time on the project or had more time beforehand to look over our textbook to get a better understanding of the business model canvas. As this […]
The Canvas Experience
If I were to encapsulate the business canvas project in one word it’d be: interesting. This past project was very distinct compared to an average commerce project. At Sauder, the usual case study or business plan often covers the same number of aspects: research, problem statement, insights, and recommendations. But our academic objectives with the […]