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Design Thinking
I think the discussion of when we are facing a problem, how we use our limbic system and neo-cortex system to deal with unfamiliar and familiar problem. We face and solve problem every day and that frame the heuristics for … Continue reading
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Leveraging the community.
Community engagement can make the difference between a successful project and one that falls flat. Fortunately, the Anam City project has a lot of support from the community. The Chife Foundation is highly trusted by people in Anam. Their staff … Continue reading
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Designing a better world.
Prof. Banerjee’s talk hopefully gave everyone a lot to ponder. We are limited in the ability to implement design thinking methodology, given our lack of direct access to the Anam community. However, the people on site at the Chife Foundation … Continue reading
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Week 10: Success and Failure
Thank you to our faculty adviser Jenna Davis for coming in to talk with us on Wednesday for our final seminar! It was an interesting discussion about success and failure (in shades of grey) for projects by development organizations. This … Continue reading
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Week 9: Design Thinking
Banny Banerjee’s talk was by far my favorite. It was a bit embarrassing that at the end of his talk no one was ready to ask a question and he even stated that he thought he had bored us. But … Continue reading
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Weel 9: Discussion Reflection
Dr. Banny Banerjee: Design Thinking ‘Design Thinking’ is a big part of engineering related fields and plays a critical role in the solution generation process when working on any problem or project. As Professor Banerjee described it “It is not … Continue reading
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Week 9 Banerjee
This week’s lecture on design thinking a great resource on how to go about forming solutions for our respective projects. Though I have been exposed to design thinking concepts in the past, what struck me as the most meaningful was Prof. Banny’s … Continue reading
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Week 9: Design Thinking
Prof. Banny’s lecture on Design Thinking was very engaging. I liked how he proved a point about stimulating the brain when presented an uncommon scenario and how a common item can be used in an uncommon way. For his example, … Continue reading
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Week 9: Design Thinking
I especially enjoyed the seminar talk this week by Professor Banerjee (despite his observation that we all looked asleep, I was very awake!). One thing I took away from class today was that as project members for the solar kiosk … Continue reading
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Design Thinking — Prof. Banny Banerjee
Prof. Banerjee’s lecture was one of the best I’ve heard in my four years at Stanford. It is so easy as engineers to get so caught up in learning what is already known, simply because there is a vast knowledge … Continue reading
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Stanford Anam City Project | Nigeria 