Blog #3 - Discover Phase
I enjoyed the Discover Phase of our Design Thinking process, including the Secondary Research, Observation, and Interviewing work we conducted. Certain parts of this phase were easier than others for me. I was able to play into my strengths for some, but for others, I had to push myself to get out of my comfort zone. I felt like I was able to complete the secondary research phase well. My team started by creating a list of questions we needed answered, then researched on our own, and finally came together to triangulate our findings. I am experienced in conducting secondary research, and I consider it one of my strengths. I enjoy the formulaic nature of creating questions we want answers to and then finding those answers through data. I do secondary research often in my psychology work. However, a challenge I faced in our class was that I was researching in a nonscientific field, which I am not as familiar with. We focused on home furnishings, so I was looking at industry tr...