Team Building activities that foster team success yet are easy and cost-effective - It helps in improving communication, boosting morale, motivation, ice breakers which help get to know each other better, learning effective strategies, improving productivity, learning about one’s strengths and weaknesses and many others. Engage employees by encouraging them to take initiative - A culture which encourages an employee to take initiative and do what needs to be done without waiting to be told is greater than ever. In addition to helping the organization save money, improve processes, and delight customers, taking initiative makes the employee's job more exciting as they make things happen and get a reputation for doing so.

1. ASSIGNMENT - DEVELOPING EMPATHY
FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS A STAKE IN
THE SCHOOL-TO- WORK TRANSITION
PROTOTYPE & TEST
Prototype and test

2. Problem statement
 We have ideated these points here in continuation with
presentation done to give happy transition to those who are
taking transition from school to work. Here is the problem
statement which is between the manager and the interns. In
this scenario interns from D school have come to do there
project in a company and what problems they and their
manager are facing in the process-

3. Problem statement

4. Ideation -1
The Best Two Ideas
1) Team Building activities that foster team success yet are easy
and cost-effective-
 It helps in improving communication, boosting morale, motivation,
ice breakers which help get to know each other better, learning
effective strategies, improving productivity, learning about one’s
strengths and weaknesses and many others. Here are some
examples-
1. Games i.e. communicate and ice break, create your own team etc.
2. Knowledge sharing session on weekends
3. Lunch discussions
4. Provide comfortable collaboration spaces with couches, snacks
and beverages

5. Ideation - 1
5. Employees across the company or in a single department
volunteer to read and discuss a particular book in a work book
club.
6. One-on-one mentoring is important for employees and always
recommended when you bring a new employee into your
organization.
7. Departmental lunches

6. Prototype 1- Communication to build
relationship
1. We did outing with the team to know each other in which we
created an environment where people truly participate, we don't
need control. They know what needs to be done and they do it.
2. Knowledge sharing session on weekends
3. Lunch discussions
4. Intern’s can ask for the presentation about the project.
5. Explanation of hierarchy so that interns can understand who is
who in the company.

7. Prototype 1- 1-The outcome of the
changes at work place

8. Prototype 1- What worked
1. It was nice to know each other at some comfortable place where
everyone can be themselves.
2. Knowledge sharing session on weekends has helped us build
stronger relationships where everyone can exchange their ideas
without fear. It helps to provide comfortable collaboration spaces
with couches, snacks and beverages as it keeps people refresh
during the session.
3. Lunch discussions are quite helpful to have great relationship and
to build comfortable environment.
4. We have happy team with enthusiasm to do great work in the end.
5. We are able to give right direction to the team and interns.

9. Prototype 1- What could be improved
1. Pre planning and presentation about the project by the team.
2. Help interns understand how they can take support of seniors if
required in the work.
3. Help them understand about the company policies related to work.
4. By making it mandatory for everyone to review the project once in
a month.

10. Prototype 1- Questions & Ideas
Questions
None
Ideas
1. A common space on the server where the project can be saved
and team can get freedom to review according to the time they
have.
2. A calendar in which team can go and give remarks daily about how
the work is going.

11. A happy team

12. Ideation -2
The Best Two Ideas
2) Engage employees by encouraging them to take initiative
 A culture which encourages an employee to take initiative and do
what needs to be done without waiting to be told is greater than
ever. In addition to helping the organization save money, improve
processes, and delight customers, taking initiative makes the
employee's job more exciting as they make things happen and get a
reputation for doing so.
1. Make it “safe” to present and try new ideas, make
suggestions, question assumptions, and challenge the status quo.
2. Identify what employees perceive as “positive performance
outcomes.”
3. Proper intro and proper understanding of work.

13. Prototype 2- Changes at work place by simple
communication and by showing example videos
1. We have tried to provide them the opportunities to learn, practice,
perform With Revised, realistic expectations With proper
delegation of challenging assignments.
2. We have motivated self-study in the team.
3. We have tried helping everyone understands the differences in
values, personality type, style (with manager, peers, customers,
etc.)
4. We have made it “safe” to present and try new ideas, make
suggestions, question assumptions, and challenge the status quo.
5. We have made quality employee-supervisor relationships a
priority.
6. We have tried to identify what employees perceive as “positive
performance outcomes.”

14. Prototype 1- 1-The outcome of the
changes at work place

15. Prototype 2- What worked
 The healthy culture which is the first step of the ladder of prosperity
and growth has been built. The positivity which is the most required
energy of the growth of an individual, of team and hence
organization’s can be seen among the team.
 There is enthusiasm not fear to experiment and innovate which can
be seen among team. Innovation, technology and science are a
must for prosperity anywhere, even design thinking is also one of
them.
 Nobody is competing with each other but understanding the
difference between each other and in respectable manner.
 Nobody is forcing or imposing their ideas but listening and properly
understanding them, followed by implementation in the pipeline.
 Interns are comfortable in doing tasks and even doing mistakes.

16. Prototype 2- What worked
 I think this is the perfect environment of growth in all areas of life for
an individual, team and the organization. High productive people
likes to work where they can change things and can do realistic
improvements, it makes them feel confident and happy. Especially
interns can actually grow and prosper in this kind of place.
 I think it has helped to make everyone a stakeholder of growth in
the organization, it helps them engaged with the real problems
everyone is facing on daily bases and later on they have also
contributed with their brilliant ideas which has brought desired
change.
 Self study has helped us learn new things and when we are reading
similar books, it feels nice to have discussions about it. It also builds
good relationships and good environment. Exchanging books is
also fun and enhance knowledge.

17. Prototype 2- What could be improved
1. The perception of good work which has changed though which
was very stereo typed earlier but needs more grooming.
2. It’s very important to have good managers on the top because
people specially interns follow them blindly. They are the role
models to them so if managers are wrong guys due to any reason
they will build that kind of culture and reputation hence that kind of
team in the organization which in long run can be the cause of the
collapse of the team, individual or the organization. The managers
hold the belief system of people inside and outside the
organization, wrong belief system where they are only doing wrong
things for their personal benefits will create wrong
environment, wrong perceptions will lead to vague and 0 results.
3. It is very important to build good culture between the middle
management and juniors. Interns don’t know what is right and
what is wrong, we have to give them good examples which can
help them become great managers later on.

18. Prototype 2- Questions & Ideas
Questions
Why do seniors sometimes don’t know the difference between the right
guys and wrong guys. It’s a very tedious and long process to correct
things once has gone in wrong direction.
Ideas
1. Knowledge to managers about perception theory and belief systems
and how they are connected with everyone psychologically.
2. The importance to have knowledge of various parameters while
analyzing someone for higher positions in place of being stereo type.
3. The knowledge of the cons and dangers of wrong promotions even if
done by mistake to everyone, both ways wrong guy on higher position
and right guy on lower position.

19. This one was the best

20. Thank You
Here is the link of presentation done on Empathy and Define and
Ideate by me last week.
http://www.slideshare.net/priiti/assignment-empathize-and-define
Ideate
http://www.slideshare.net/priiti/assignment-ideate-25307509
By Preeti Chopra
Priiti.3@gmail.com