1. Designing the School-to-Work Transition
by Lesley Donna Williams
19th August 2013

2. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Felicia needs meaningful work where she
can make a valued contribution & develop
skills to start her own business someday

3. Idea 1 Prototype:
Hang out at a business school to
learn professional lingo & etiquette

4. Idea 1 Test & Feedback:
• “Awesome idea, most of us don’t know
how to present ourselves
• “This could allow me to learn through
observation”
• “If I could, I’d like to have a mentor that I
could mimic. Small children observe”

5. Idea 2 Prototype:
Shadow an entrepreneur

6. Idea 2 Test & Feedback:
• “This will work well as I want to work in an
entrepreneurial environment or a startup
company so I can learn about the
processes they put in place”
• “It’s about who you know”

7. Reflection:
a) What I’ve learnt through prototyping
• Various ideas can weave to make a single solution
• Solutions seems simple when there are access points to
relevant information
• The stakeholder needs to believe that the solution is
feasible
b) What I’d do next should I continue with the project
• Take Felicia to a business school to observe whether the
solution works
• Go through more of my 50 ideas to connect more of them
to each other
• Introduce Felicia to various entrepreneurs to choose a
mentor

8. THANK YOU!