Building a strategy is essential for achieving goals with limited resources. Importance lies in thoroughly understanding tasks before execution. Instead of jumping straight to deliverables, assessing key elements and considering the implications for users is crucial. Many professionals tend to work in a linear fashion, following task descriptions without analyzing the structure of the solution. Critical thinking is often neglected, and individuals focus more on the final outcome rather than the thought process behind it. Mentorship emphasizes the necessity of imaginative thinking and understanding user perspectives in task execution.
What I advised the colleagues was to build a strategy. And what is strategy? It's finding a way to achieve your goal when you have limited resources (people, time, money). In this case, they had 15 minutes to read the task well and make notes on the requirements, and then 30 minutes to sketch the solution.
We often rush to complete the task instead of first understanding it in depth. The main thing is - how we read and understand the task.
Critical thinking about how to arrive at the solution is less common; instead, people immediately start creating the final deliverable.
What I teach the designers I mentor is how to think. And how to dream. To imagine what kind of people are involved in the task.
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