What problem are we trying to solve? After covid-19 emergency, lots of companies started working remotely on a large scale. A remote work, however, requires rethinking completely the social part of organizational life, especially for what regards interactions and communication flows. As we know, connecting with colleagues informally is helpful…

UMOJI is a safe and fun way to learn more about the feelings and emotions of others. This is the communication challenge we set out to solve… Disclaimer: My wife and I have been sitting on this personal project for a while. It ties in so well with the theme…

Hi there! This is Israel Gutiérrez from Microverse. I want to share with you the early results of my design sprint for LXDCON 2020. It’s the first time that I participate in an activity like that, so don’t be very hard with your feedback to this newbie 🙃 I have…

Companies and new graduates often complain that higher education does not adequately prepare graduates with the soft skills needed to be successful in the workplace.  This is especially true of communication as communication in academia looks, feels and sounds different than it does in the so-called “real world”. My Learner…

The creation of the learning process was based on design thinking. You can find the whole process visualized on the Miro board here. To explain that better I would like to present the key concepts connected to each of the steps:   Ideate and empathize I tried to design an…

This learner experience is intended to coach an adult learner on developing their social awareness skills. The learner I designed this for (let’s call her Lara) is an adult who has trouble connecting with individuals in her personal and professional life. In group settings, she feels stress and anxiety watching…

Step 1: Goal Help my student learn how to communicate in a more accessible way. Step 2: Person/Learner Especially now, given the Covid situation, access to learners is difficult. So, I am using my girlfriend as my learner and co-creator. I tried to build in as much co-creation as possible.…

The big shift to online education asks for new ways to create activating learning activities. Especially the interaction between teacher and students and students among each other has gained some extra boundaries. Not all students feel equipped to engage in the classes, especially when they do not know who’s on…