Proposition

What I could offer to you:

1. Applied Design Thinking Fundamentals: training in Design Thinking


***What is this?*** This is a hands-on course on design-thinking fundamentals, which participants will learn by doing. **Please note that this is not accredited nor Skillsfuture Qualified, yet.** I am modelling this course on what I created for EDB, inhouse. With two other teammates, we created a Design Thinking training course for EDB, which we conducted for 4 runs, training people ranging from Admin to Strategy: it seems that people survived these, and they were well received. 😉

The curriculum and material was made from open-source material, and the training lasts 4 x 1/2 days, covering the “double diamond” design process. Each half-day training is highly-interactive: there is a short initial download of theory, followed by a hands-on application.
Every afternoon, there is also a 1hr free consultation, which teams can use to consult me on how they could apply their morning learnings to their specific context.

• Day 1 – User research: How to conduct qualitative user research interviews, how to ask the right questions, different research methods, building a research plan.
• Day 2 – Synthesis: How to synthesize research with affinity mapping, building personas, forming problem statements.
• Day 3 – Ideation: Basic drawing, how to generate ideas, idea generation.
• Day 4 – Prototyping: what do prototypes prototype? Different prototyping techniques.
• (Bonus) Optional free 1hr consultation each afternoon, on how to apply each day’s techniques to your particular context

Why choose PJ for this?
I am a service/UX designer. Using these techniques (in more depth and detail), my final project was awarded the Core77 Design Awards, Service Design Award, Student Runner-up in 2020, and was also an Honorable Mention in Fast Company’s Innovation By Design Awards in 2020. I also used these techniques in EDB to develop some strategic initiatives, which I can’t share at this point.

Pricing
Ballpark of S$2-3,000 per person, depending on the size of the training run.
Minimum of 4 persons per run, a maximum of 15 (as a one-man show, this is to ensure I don’t overstretch myself and reduce the quality of instruction)

2. Team Catalysis: Forming Team Rituals and Norms


***Who is this for?*** Singapore-only. New and young leaders of small teams (4-8 persons), who are looking to find a way to avoid team dysfunction and to perform at a high-level together.

What is this?
My design school is quite unique, as we were deliberately trained to work together in diverse teams. One of the secrets we learned was about creating team norms, and how to work together in diverse teams.

For your team, I could facilitate a one-day team workshop for your team, which includes aspects like:

• Team forming & norming
  • what does each person commit to bring to the team?
  • what does the team value?
• what norms and rituals demonstrate the team’s commitments to these values?
• How to resolve storming

Why choose PJ for this?
Besides my design school experience, I was also a manager for 7 years of small, highly talented teams in the EDB, within the Strategic Planning, Marketing, and the Product Innovation by eXperience divisions. I’ve experience as a line manager, but also have experience dealing across different levels, from my peers, all the way up to senior management.

Pricing
S$2,000 for a 1 day workshop, for a 4 person team
Note: I’ve deliberately kept this pricing affordable for young corporate managers and their teams.

3. Strategic Planning as a Service


***Who is this for?*** Singapore-based CEOs, startup founders, small business owners, entrepreneurs, corporate venture creators who are looking to red-team their own assumptions, and who are looking for help to push their teams to think bigger, bolder and crazier.

What is this?
The interventions here will depend on a case-by-case basis, ranging from a leadership workshop to a 5-day design sprint.
For an executive leadership offsite, I could help create materials (and prototypes) & design the content & session flow to spur discussion of possible threats and opportunities, working towards concrete OKRs and next-steps, which you and your team could take up.

Why choose PJ for this?
I had helped manage the Secretariat team which coordinated and executed the program for EDB’s International Advisory Council in 2015 and 2016. As a middle manager in the Strategic Planning team, I had also worked closely with senior management on our internal planning initiatives, and was one of the initial team members that catalyzed the eventual-New Ventures division. I had also conducted work-planning for teams across my entire 13 years’ EDB career. Plus, with the skillset from design school, I can also make digital prototypes & mock-ups.

Pricing
Varies: S$30,000 for a 5 day design sprint; a 1-day executive leadership workshop without much scenario planning would be $5,000; a 1-day executive leadership workshop with scenario planning for the industry, and a click-through Figma prototype of a competing hypothetical disruptive mobile app, would be $8,000.
Just drop me a message below, and we could jump on a short call to discuss, before I can give you a price: I’ll need to estimate the work needed.

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