Opportunities around you

The aim of this activity is to understand that

problems are present in every routinary acitivity
You also have to see problems as opportunities.
The problem is not as important as the value we
can provide others through the solution.
You will create a worksheet in which you will see
through different scenarios and problems, chosen
from typical and daily aspects of your life.
The column PROBLEM allows a classification of
these problems depending on their kind, (price,
difficulty, sustainability).
The objective is to begin the difficult process of
identifying problems.

SCENARIO
PROBLEM

IT IS NOT EASY

IT IS NOT
COMFORTABLE
IT IS NOT FAST

IT IS NOT
CHEAP
IT IS NOT
ECOLOGIC

HOUSE

STREET

SCHOOL

BASKET
COURT...

SCENARIO
PROBLEM

IT IS NOT EASY

IT IS NOT
COMFORTABLE
IT IS NOT FAST

IT IS NOT
CHEAP
IT IS NOT
ECOLOGIC

HOUSE

STREET

SCHOOL

BASKET
COURT...

ADVICE TO DO THE
OBSERVATION TASK

Look carefully around you to find out any

unusual behaviours
Don't take anything as granted: Observe, ask
and write down
Behave like a spectator but don't doubt to
experiment by yourself

GUIDE QUESTIONS

The questions most used must be: why? And

why not?
What seems unusual to you? Could you
change it?
Which tasks aren't developed easily or are
totally impossible?
What has surprised you in a positive and
negative way?

CHOOSING THE BEST

OPPORTUNITY

Learn how to evaluate problems and

opportunities in an objective way
Learn how to make decisions in a methodologic
way as a team

SELECTING THE PROBLEM

Grade each problem from 1 to 5 (not much- a

lot)
Importance (the problem affects a lot of people)
Efficiency (the solution to the problem will be a
radical change for the user)
Viability (we can solve the problem ourselves)

PROBLEM

IMPORTAN
CE

EFFICIENC
Y

VIABILITY

TOTAL

RANKING

PROBLEM

IMPORTAN
CE

EFFICIENC
Y

VIABILITY

TOTAL

RANKING

Learning
English in
Summer

10

Watering the 2
plants

Difficulties of 5
old people to
use the
phone

13

The alarm
wakes up
everybody
else

12

Throwing
1
waste on the
countryside

THE PROBLEM

Describe the problem using the following

questions:

What is the problem? Why does it happen?

Who does it affect? How many people?

What makes you think you can solve it?

Is there a especial cause why you chose it?