i.school Opening Workshop Powered by IDEO

i.school’s opening ceremonial workshop selected as its theme the communication between working mothers and their children.  Thanks to IDEO’s thorough collaboration, we realized a five-day experimental program applying IDEO’s original methods such as fieldwork, insight development, synthesis, ideation, and prototyping.

Date: from September 14th to 18th, 2009  (5 days)
Venue: Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo
Theme: Toward Better Communication between Working Mothers and Their Children at Home
Facilitator: IDEO
Collaborator:
Stanford Institute of Design (d.school)
Innovation Lab., Hakuhodo Inc.
Research Institute of Behavior Observation, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
L-Net Co., Ltd.

Language: English

Students’ Comments
-Don’t hesitate to use a huge amount of post its, put brain storming rules on the wall, use big markers in order to share the ideas with the team members …These methods look trivial, but I feel I learned very important skills from them.  (Law, undergraduate)

-In my team there were two business persons.  Through conversation with them, I could know business people’s problems, and also could learn their skills.  (Engineering, undergraduate)

-The two parties held on the first day and the last day were a nice way to become friends with each other. The T-shirt gift is a good memento.(Engineering, graduate)