Challenge the Status Quo
Date: 18 September 2020, Friday
No pre-planned timetable day.
INTRODUCTION
What is an assumption?
"Supposition believed to be the 'truth', without concrete proof."
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT TEA
Chaayos is a brand that was started by a couple who dared to challenge these assumptions.
We also discussed about Dosa and its assumptions.
This is how it has evolved in time.
cone filling outside family size
dosa rolls bite-size dosa snack dosa waffle
MAIN ACTIVITY
We had a group task of creating our product by challenging the assumptions associated with that food item. In my team, I had Sanskriti, Rashika, and Smriti. We started with the list of assumptions.
Then we challenge a few assumptions to make a new product.
As we were working in a group, we voted for who would do what. This way, work was divided efficiently. Sanskriti designed the logo, Smriti handled miro and slides, Rashika created the 3D model and I made the poster.
REFLECTION
Today we had a responsibility to time ourselves which was exciting but troublesome. We only had a 10 minutes break at the end. All the other hours we were constantly working. It will take time to manage ourselves all on our own but, it was good, in a way. At last, we pulled it off and the results were satisfactory.
It's been a 'mind-blowing' journey. Now that I've completed 5 activities of think lab, I can say that it has actually changed my perception of looking at things. It has taught me that there is no ONE way of looking at things, you can scale it, transform it, whatever you think is the limit. Which you can increase of course.
Working in groups makes it more fun and engaging. We talk and discuss everything. The struggles arise when a single teammate lags behind than others have to pull up his/her task which sometimes becomes difficult. But covering up the team's mistakes is what is overcoming challenges.
ACHIEVEMENTS - We can create a totally different product by changing the usual form of it. Challenging the ongoing assumptions can lead to a better design or even a larger brand like Chaayos.
STRUGGLE - Generating ideas for the poster.
ACTION - Researched more on the problem.
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