Customer Interviews No. 1: First Take

To Ship or Not to Ship

I went a little off kilter here and since I live off campus I went with a more pressing opportunity of apartment life and real life for basically everybody. I interviewed some lovely individuals and couples who answered my questions regarding how they ship and receive packages. 

I believe that there might be the opportunity but the opportunity might be improving some others instead of starting a competitor. I was surprised that some (2) of my interviewees were very happy and used to USPS. I had an assumption coming in that people might feel more like the other 3 instead of a 60/40 split more of a 80/20.

Week 4 Reading Reflection

What I read this week

1)    What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations? 

I think the biggest surprise for me is how many arenas of creativity there actually are. When thinking about creativity I would never think of material, inner, etc.

2)    Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.

I was slightly confused by the types of innovation because I felt like they all overlapped and kind of went with each other.

3)    If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?

1. What is the best way to accumulate knowledge and incubate it? Are there different ways to do so?

2. Which arena of creativity is the most commonly used? I feel like its important to know which ones we use and which we need to develop better.

4)    Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?

I feel like usually in books they try to give a one way fits all to how to develop your thinking but obviously that is not the case at all.

Top 5 World Problems: out of the many there are...

Top 5 serious world problems 

1) ISIS running rampant in the middle east.
2) Famine and Civil unrest in Africa especially with children.
3) Drug smuggling and drug lords in Mexico, Columbia and Venezuela etc.
4) Veterans coming home and not having proper care or having ptsd.
5) Global Warming and cooling trends that we see in extreme shifts of cold and hot.

Top 5 most possible solutions

1) Famine and Civil unrest in Africa especially with children. If just America didn't run the lottery which is at 1.5 billion imagine if we actually gave that kind of money to African refugees and organizations we could help solve a lot of problems over there.
2) Veterans coming home and not having proper care or having ptsd. Instead of spending so much on people who are on welfare and have been for a long time we should take much better care of our veterans and offer better healthcare and training back into civilian life.

3) ISIS running rampant in the middle east. The lack of stability in that region is very well documented so that has been a part of their rise but also the lack of initiative on other countries to see them as a threat. Unfortunately because they have been attacking now the way to deal with them is going to have to involve some sort of coalition to shut them down between many countries.

4) Drug smuggling and drug lords in Mexico, Columbia and Venezuela etc. I believe the way to cut this off is go to the source in two ways. First go after the leaders just like we do terrorists because more people die of drug overdose and addiction. Second go for their supply companies or fields depending on the drugs.
5) Global Warming and cooling trends that we see in extreme shifts of cold and hot. A realistic first step is for car companies and other fossil business to lower their emissions. Second we need to continue like Tesla and other companies to go into alternative energy.

Reasoning 

I selected that ISIS is the top problem because they are a terror threat to not just America or Israel but the entire world. They attack anyone who doesn't believe their faith. Secondly I believe the famine and poverty in Africa could be easily solved with all the garbage that America does like the lottery is just one example. If we took a portion of that money plus other countries imagine how much good we could do.