2019.11.10 the Road to Effective Business Planning
1. THE ROAD TO EFFECTIVE
BUSINESS PLANNING
• Andres Parraguirre
• Nguyen Sieu School,
Hanoi, Vietnam
• November 2019
2. By the end of the week students must have:
1. Uploaded 10 pictures of identified problems.
2. Written an interview guide.
3. Conducted at least 10 face-to-face interviews.
4. Drafted at least 10 empathy maps.
5. Written a reflection on Simon Sinek´s TED Talk
6. Written 2 class reflection.
IMPORTANT
• Every assignment needs to be submitted in Edmodo by
Sunday 23:59 hrs.
• Overdue assignments will not be received.
39. MARSHMELLOW
CHALLENGE
1_The highest tower wins
2_ The marshmellow should be intact
3_ Everything else in the materials
can be broken
4_ Can’t use anything external
Groups
12 minutes
70. Keep learning
• Design Thinking: What is an Empathy Interview?
https://medium.com/@StaceyDyer/design-thinking-what-is-an-
empathy-interview-25f71bd496d7
• Design Thinking in the Classroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqa2IrPJjIU&list=PLYyk4fLjIwR_
BNcq20U6rpWCk65dFoE5n
• Forbes article
https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2018/05/18/how-to-
successfully-identify-problems-worth-solving/#13d01dcc1cb4
• Needs are verbs http://www.empathydesign.com/needs-are-verbs
Notas del editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=465buSBFkoA
Key points
Need/problem
Who has the problem? –
How many people has that problem?
Understand – Define the problem
Ideate, many, many, many
Prototype, get out of the building, what’s the point to always do indoors?
Test and refine
Pilot
Business model prototypes
Test and refine
Efficiency and growth
Waste of time, energy and money