Unlimited Growth: Visualizing Your Goals with Dr. Harika Rao

Presenter Information

Harika Rao, Lynn University

Location

Library Event Room

Start Date

10-4-2018 2:00 PM

End Date

10-4-2018 4:00 PM

Description

Discover the creative paths to boundless growth in your goals – academic and professional.

The workshop is based on the following:

  • Design thinking
  • Hats and shoes
  • New Thought
  • The S curve ahead

Summary

On Tuesday, April 10, Dr. Harika Rao shared with Lynn students what she learned at a Design Thinking seminar at Harvard about how they can apply design thinking concepts to their everyday lives and goals.

Design thinking, developed to obtain a better understanding of self and goals, involves using a storyboard to visualize the goals. The objective is to place all ideas on a storyboard and obtain a clear understanding of what the outcomes could be. The outline workshopped by Dr. Rao included visualizing a realistic timeline, writing down internal and external strengths to achieve these objectives, and identifying a realistic backup plan.

Dr. Rao also referenced the book Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono as a way to view our lives. We live our lives wearing all of the six hats and we all carry these six hats; we simply don’t understand how we carry them. Each hat has a different color that represents a specific action/feeling. Using the six hats, one can apply the ideas attached to them to describe themselves to potential employers when asked that ubiquitous interview question: “Tell me about yourself?”

Dr. Rao ended her presentation with a suggestion to seek out a mentor that can help one obtain a clear vision to reach their goals.

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Apr 10th, 2:00 PM Apr 10th, 4:00 PM

Unlimited Growth: Visualizing Your Goals with Dr. Harika Rao

Library Event Room

Discover the creative paths to boundless growth in your goals – academic and professional.

The workshop is based on the following:

  • Design thinking
  • Hats and shoes
  • New Thought
  • The S curve ahead

Summary

On Tuesday, April 10, Dr. Harika Rao shared with Lynn students what she learned at a Design Thinking seminar at Harvard about how they can apply design thinking concepts to their everyday lives and goals.

Design thinking, developed to obtain a better understanding of self and goals, involves using a storyboard to visualize the goals. The objective is to place all ideas on a storyboard and obtain a clear understanding of what the outcomes could be. The outline workshopped by Dr. Rao included visualizing a realistic timeline, writing down internal and external strengths to achieve these objectives, and identifying a realistic backup plan.

Dr. Rao also referenced the book Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono as a way to view our lives. We live our lives wearing all of the six hats and we all carry these six hats; we simply don’t understand how we carry them. Each hat has a different color that represents a specific action/feeling. Using the six hats, one can apply the ideas attached to them to describe themselves to potential employers when asked that ubiquitous interview question: “Tell me about yourself?”

Dr. Rao ended her presentation with a suggestion to seek out a mentor that can help one obtain a clear vision to reach their goals.