Design Thinking Action Lab Ideate Assignment

1. Design Thinking Action Lab –
Assignment – Ideate
Kameswaran
12th Aug 2013

2. Problem statement
 As a consummate HR Professional whose role not only
includes hiring students just out of college but also
ensuring that they have an environment to thrive on
and achieve their dreams, every day, She, needs a way
to ensure that the transition from school to work is
productive to both employees and employers

3. Encourage
employees to
form a Tribe
Involve them in
decision making Challenge
employees Deliver Value
Identify Employees
for fast
development
Posters of Cultural
Pillars and Values
in work place
Ask Employees to
show and tell (talk
about a subject)
Let them do
projects for
Society
Show them career
options
Career counseling
Celebrate Success Encourage
problem solving
Walk the Talk
Review Academic
Projects in depth
during selection
Make work Fun
Give Role Clarity
Pay 3X for great
talent
Talk to employees
to identify interest
Hire for Skills
Build Competency
Assign Mentor
Partner with Best
for training
Encourage to
participate in
competitions
Share
experiences of
your job
Nurture Can do
attitude
Discuss goals
Provide job
Rotation
Arrange expert
Seminars
Monitor Job
performance
Reward Suitably –
Gadgets for
technical geeks
Organize training
programs
Assign on Foreign
Projects
Record
achievements
Take
employee
out for
lunch Hire From Top
universities
Support decisions
Reform Recruitment
Process
Appreciate
accomplish
ments
Build
Confidence
Conduct
Informal
Meetups
As a consummate HR Professional whose role not only
includes hiring students just out of college but also
ensuring that they have an environment to thrive on and
achieve their dreams, every day, She, needs a way to ensure
that the transition from school to work is productive to
both employees and employers

4. Do not Tolerate
Incompetency
Set up an
“Incubation”
Training program
Build Custom
Curriculum in
partnership with
university
Sub Contract Work
Make work Fun
Unite DepartmentsBe Genuinely
Interested
Identify Students
in final year and
nurture them
Demand
Excellence
Conduct ICE
Breaker Training
Empower
Managers to Hire
Deliver On
Promise
As a consummate HR Professional whose role not only
includes hiring students just out of college but also
ensuring that they have an environment to thrive on and
achieve their dreams, every day, She, needs a way to ensure
that the transition from school to work is productive to
both employees and employers

5. Ideas I like the most
 Set up an “Incubation” Program
 I would like to address the smooth transition from
student life to work like by this program which will
include the following elements
 Mentorship – help with Do’s and Don’ts
 Develop Job skill matrix and conduct Deep dive Training
 Celebrate Success
 Inculcate Cultural Pillars
 Help with periodic Counseling
 Skill Mapping for base skills
 Recommend Design thinking class for every employee.

6. Ideas I like the most
 Reform Recruitment process
 Leaders need to spend time in recruitment for a
business as their insights and intuition will help identify
great talent
 Recruiters need to be cognizant of business challenges
so that they can identify great talent.

7. Ideas I like the most
 Train With the best
 As is evident during this course of this course, training
with the best has significant advantages and can make a
spectacular difference , other things being equal.