{"id":26785,"date":"2025-02-14T21:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T04:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?page_id=26785"},"modified":"2025-02-14T21:50:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T04:50:06","slug":"asvpm-meetups-and-events-november-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?page_id=26785","title":{"rendered":"ASVPM Meetups and Events &#8211; November 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/600_5243355361.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26035 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/600_5243355361.webp 600w, https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/600_5243355361-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interactive meetup, discover the transformative power of\u00a0<strong>Design Thinking<\/strong>, popularized by IDEO and Stanford\u2019s d.School! This valuable approach drives breakthrough results in product development, project management, and leadership. While \u201cdesign thinking\u201d isn\u2019t just focusing on design, it is in fact about much more. Like a \u201cleap year\u201d isn\u2019t a year of leaping, Design Thinking goes beyond problem-solving to \u201cthinking from the future.\u201d This mindset uncovers solutions that typical, problem-centric methods often miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Design Thinking begins with an obsession with \u201cthe customer\u201d and \u201cthinking from the future\u201d rather than getting stuck in present limitations. Instead of using the classic design thinking model Empathize\u2013Define\u2013Ideate\u2013Prototype\u2013Test model, try a simpler cycle: Why? \u2013 Who? \u2013 What? \u2013 How?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rather than instinctively jumping to HOW to solve a \u201cproblem\u201d, start with&nbsp;<strong>WHY<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Why is this project important? Dig deeply to find an inspiring purpose beyond profit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next explore&nbsp;<strong>WHO<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 who cares, who\u2019s impacted, who\u2019s involved, and who\u2019s judging the success of your project? The empathy map and persona are powerful tools to bring stakeholders to life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then move on to&nbsp;<strong>WHAT<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 what outcomes would go beyond \u201csolving a problem\u201d to surprise and delight your stakeholders? Use lateral thinking to imagine the future, and then create it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the power of cross-pollination to explore and expand possibilities beyond the obvious solutions to the truly remarkable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design and rapidly prototype&nbsp;<strong>HOW<\/strong>&nbsp;to achieve the desired outcomes and delight your stakeholders. Get feedback early and often from a wide variety of people, then iterate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the\u00a0<strong>WHY \u2013 WHO \u2013 WHAT \u2013 HOW<\/strong>\u00a0cycle as a guide makes this powerful approach easy to remember and accessible to all project teams, even if you are not an expert in design thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/meetup.asvpm.org\/MeetupFiles\/2024\/Nov_KimberlyWiefling\/ASVPM_Nov_2024Meetup_Kimberly_Wiefling.mp4\">Video File<\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\"> \/ <\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/meetup.asvpm.org\/MeetupFiles\/2024\/Nov_KimberlyWiefling\/Scrappy_Design_Thinking_HANDOUTS_10_April_2024.pdf\">Presentation File<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/meetup.asvpm.org\/MeetupFiles\/2024\/Nov_KimberlyWiefling\/ARTICLE_ScrappyDesignThinking-Part1of2_ Kimberly_Wiefing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Article Handout 1<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/meetup.asvpm.org\/MeetupFiles\/2024\/Nov_KimberlyWiefling\/ARTICLE_ScrappyDesignThinking-Part2of2_Kimberly_Wiefling.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Article Handout 2<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please take a minute and click <a href=\"https:\/\/wiefling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:var(--ast-global-color-5)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">here<\/mark><\/strong><\/a> to check out Kimberly&#8217;s website for training, speaking and consulting offerings, books, articles, and other resources.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Avoid the \u201cRush to Solution\u201d trap\u2014it\u2019s the quickest way to fail.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Discover the Big WHY purpose for any project.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Focus on key stakeholders who determine project &#8220;success&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Define &#8220;success&#8221;; and measure that success from the stakeholders&#8217; perspective.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Embrace necessary risk-taking, learning from mistakes, experimenting, prototyping &amp; &#8220;failing forward&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Learn to apply this powerful approach to any project\u2014even those that seem \u201cimpossible\u201d!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Speaker:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlywiefling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kimberly Wiefling<\/a>\u00a0is the founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wiefling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wiefling Consulting<\/a>, a Silicon Valley-based global consultancy.<\/strong>\u00a0A physicist by education, she recognized long ago the crucial role of human skills \u2013 what her engineering friends sometimes call \u201cthe touchy, feely crap\u201d. Kimberly enables managers to become leaders and groups of people to become a true team, who can achieve TOGETHER what would be impossible to achieve alone. She has worked with companies from startups in Silicon Valley to the Global 1000, including over 50 globalizing Japanese companies, some of which are household names.<br \/>Kimberly has worked with people from over 50 different countries. Her book,\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Scrappy-Project-Management-Predictable-Avoidable-ebook\/dp\/B0011CXNO6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scrappy Project Management<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, has gotten her invited to speak to audiences globally, and she has\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Kimberly-Wiefling\/author\/B002GWKPOG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eight other books in her collection<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0that she created with other authors who share their expertise in engaging and accessible ways. She works globally with valued colleagues at\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleyalliances.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Silicon Valley Alliances<\/a><\/strong>**.<\/em><br \/>NEVER BORING! Her keynotes and workSHOCKs, as she calls them, move beyond \u201cteaching\u201d. If knowing how were enough we\u2019d all be rich and thin! Kimberly\u2019s events enable people to make meaningful positive changes to overcome the predictable &amp; avoidable leadership, team &amp; organizational culture issues that damage or destroy organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takeaways: About the Speaker: Kimberly Wiefling\u00a0is the founder of\u00a0Wiefling Consulting, a Silicon Valley-based global consultancy.\u00a0A physicist by education, she recognized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1778,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26785","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26786,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26785\/revisions\/26786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}