This document summarizes a design thinking action lab assignment on generating ideas to help with the transition from school to work. The problem statement identifies an unemployed 25-year-old who completed their degree 2 years ago and needs to feel useful. Several ideas are proposed to solve the problem, including enrolling in formal or online education, volunteering for experience, networking to expand contacts, moving to another country, and creating a unique learning curriculum with expert input. The most practical, favorite, and disruptive ideas selected are: doing nothing, moving to another country, and creating a unique learning curriculum, respectively.

1. Transition School to Work
Design Thinking Action Lab
(By Leticia Cavagnaro, Stanford University)
Vera Gonçalves
Portugal,August 2013

2. Transition School to Work
Design Thinking Action Lab
(By Leticia Cavagnaro, Stanford University)
Assignment IDEATE
Generate ideas for the problem statement

3. Transition School to Work _Problem Statement
Person +Need +Insight

4. Transition School to Work
Problem Statement :PERSON
25 years
Young unemployed
Without professional experience
Degree completed 2 years ago

5. Transition School to Work
Problem Statement :NEED
Need to feel useful
That society rewards its knowledge and/or
other activities to develop

6. Transition School to Work
Problem Statement :Insight
Unemployed since 2 years
Lack of recognition/usefulness of the
knowledge that you are purchasing
Lack of experience
Need for others forms dof be useful even
without being in the service of others

7. Transition School to Work
How to solve the problem?
IDEAS

8. Transition School to Work
IDEAS to solve the problem
Do nothing;
Continue developing the same actions;
Apply only job search;
Concentrate on learning new knowledge,
using the same methods;

9. Transition School to Work
IDEAS to solve the problem
Enroll in a course of formal education
classroom;
Subscribe in a formal education course online
(get certificate at the end);
Get a tutor to teach the material more quickly;

10. Transition School to Work
IDEAS to solve the problem
Create and participate in an online study
group on matters that interest to enhance
learning and stimulate the learning process
for all participants;
Ask the experts opinion on the matter for
create one unique learning curriculum (which
includes various forms of training and training
flexivela updated);

11. Transition School to Work
IDEAS to solve the problem
Concentrate only find work with the
knowledge you already have;
Request technical support specializing in
human resources for job search;
Develop a policy to accept any work that
appears in order to gain experience;
Volunteering to work at no cost in order to
gain experience;

12. Transition School to Work
IDEAS to solve the problem
Propose that firms find interesting your work
at no cost to gain experience profisssional
Studying all stages of the recruitment process
in order to increase the hypotheses to be
recruited;
Take the time availability to travel and see
new places;

13. Transition School to Work
IDEAS to solve the problem
Become actively involved in supporting the
local community;
Volunteering in another country / culture;
Assume more responsibilities to family level;

14. Transition School to Work
IDEAS to solve the problem
Create a support group to assist people in the
same situation;
Moving to another country;
Develop contacts to increase the network;

15. Transition School to Work
IDEAS to solve the problem
Association to create an activity in which she
can enter;
Participate in the political life of the country;
Create production company assets;
Create service provider;

16. Transition School to Work
IDEAS :The chosen
The most pratical idea: Do nothing
My favorite idea: Moving to
another country

17. Transition School to Work
IDEAS :The chosen
The most disruptive idea: Ask to
experts opinionon the matter for create one
unique learning curriculum