Workshop Overview

The most important question strategic leaders are grappling with is which business challenges are to be addressed using a corporate innovation drive and which are the ones that should pass through a normal strategic approach.

Problem Framing is a 5-hour workout that involves the main stakeholders, typically executive level and business level decision makers. This is a time-tested methodology evolved by our globally acclaimed partners, Design Sprint Academy, Berlin. Problem Framing is primarily used prior to running an Innovation Design Sprint or undertaking a Design Thinking journey and is customized for the Indian business context by QGLUE.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Using a structured approach to discover the challenge space and define them objectively for a Corporate Innovation Intervention (Open innovation, Sprint, Design thinking immersive or an Hackathon).

Learn how to align the Innovation challenge areas with the strategic objectives.

Experience framing the challenge area with expected outcomes and criteria for success using the Algorithmic approach from DSA- Berlin and TRIZ Methodology.

WORKOUT DESIGN

This program is designed for a group of 15 participants who will work in groups of 5 on a specific business challenge. There is a DIY Guide which will be shared with participants and the facilitator will walk through the teams in the entire journey. The engagement is run in a time-boxed sprint with individual and team activities in each module.
The workout is broken down into 4 phases, each lasting for 60 minutes, followed by FAQ.

KEY OUTCOMES

Discovery of an entirely new challenge area.

Aligning the challenge to the corporate strategy.

Learn a repeatable and time tested method to ensure that we are defining the right challenge to work on prior to launching a corporate innovation drive using a design led approach.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Business Innovation Heads.

Strategy leaders.

Transformation program heads and Managers.

Transformation program heads and Managers.

Anybody wanting to find and answer to “Are we solving the right innovation challenge?

MODE OF ENGAGEMENT

The entire workout is conducted in live virtual format by our Design Sprint and DT experts. Workout will involve extensive utilisation of remote collaboration tools like- Zoom, GoToWebinar and Mural. Virtual breakout sessions with be held for each module for participants to work on cases studies provided.

MURAL
Digital workspace for collaboration with in-built tools, templates

ZOOM
Remote conferencing for online meetings/workshops

TRAINER PROFILE

David P. Issac

David comes with over 24 years of extensive experience designing processes and business process improvement to enhance customer and stakeholder experiences. David is a certified Design Thinker from MIT Sloan. He has consulted and trained more than 100+ organisations in India and abroad which include companies like Aon Hewitt, Airtel, Prudential, First data etc. using the design thinkers creative mind-set to design innovative solutions, transforming process and user experience.

David is currently consulting organisations for business transformation using a blend of Design thinking, Innovation TRIZ – Theory of the Resolution of Invention-Related Tasks and DFSS- Design for Six Sigma. He is a certified practitioner of TRIZ Innovation by The International TRIZ Association at Level3.