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Deepen the local Hawaiian experience for visitors by empathizing with locals. Learn to mirror emotions, understand needs, and frame problems uniquely through user insights. Capture stories, feelings, and actions. Reflect, discover, and innovate with empathy.
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Deepen the local Hawaiian experience for visitors.
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How do visitors experience Hawaii? How do locals experience Hawaii?
Deepen the local Hawaiian experience for visitors.
empathize: what? When you feel what the other person is feeling. When you can mirror their expression, their opinions, and their hopes.
empathize: what? When you feel what the other person is feeling. When you can mirror their expression, their opinions, and their hopes. Talk Story
empathize:why? to discover people’s expressedand latent needs so that you can meet them through your design solutions.
empathize:how? without judgment with a beginner’s eyes with curiosity optimistically respectfully
empathize:how? • immerse • observe • engage
immerse yourself in the situations and experiences your user has
empathize:how? • immerse • observe • engage
observe what your user is doing, how s/he is doing it, and what prompted the behavior
what :: how :: why whatis this person (or persons) doing? Notice what is happening both with the person and the context he/she is functioning within. how are they doing it? pretend you are describing the picture to someone not looking at it. whyare they doing it this way? take a guess. start to form a story. then ask.
empathize: how? • immerse • observe • engage
empathize:how? seek stories talk about feelings ask “why”
Questions: “Tell me about the last time you…” “What was the best…” “What was the worst… “And why is that?” “Can you tell me more about that?”
empathize is NOT: Thinking you are a user and can design from your experience Asking your user to design for you
empathize:how? seek stories talk about feelings ask “why” capture your findings
define: what? construct a point of view, a unique, concise reframing of the problem that is grounded in user needs & insights
Focus on individuals
define: how? come together and understand the experience identify user, reveal the needs, articulate insights reframe the problem into a new point of view
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Thoughts Quotes Feelings Actions
Thoughts Quotes Nuggets “HUH.” Feelings Actions “WHOA.” “THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT I DON’T KNOW WHERE IT GOES YET.” “THAT WAS SURPRISING.”