Negotiation
& Design Thinking
& Design Thinking
What is Negotiation?
Negotiation is a process that can be used to address and resolve disagreements between people, and find common ground.
What is the Do Nothing Method to combat procrastination?
No matter what task you are facing, set aside time for it and give yourself two options: Do the task or do nothing at all. Out of boredom, you will choose to work.
What is critical thinking? (Need a proper definition)
Critical thinking is the process of actively and mindfully evaluating information, arguments and evidence in order to form a judgement or make a decision
What are some examples of gamification around you?
Ebay, Youtube, Amazon, Online apps, Facebook.
What is the difference between convergent vs divergent problem solving?
Convergent: You see a problem, come up with solutions, choose the best one and stick with it.
Divergent: There are no steps to solve the problem. Even if you come up with a final solution, you still keep thinking about better solutions and testing it again and again
What are the common myths of time management?
1. Social Media Gurus Rule
2. Pro Tips Apply to All
3. Multitasking Improves Productivity
4. Time Off = Bad Time Management
Identify the critical thinking barrier for the following:
1. Everyone in my house believes that information on Tik Tok is unreliable.
2. Aren't the crime rates higher in Asia? I have never been there though.
3. I think we all should just eat pizza because I want to eat pizza.
1. Groupthink
2. Limited Knowledge
3. Me, Myself & I
Why are we so hooked on games?
1. Gives a sense of purpose
2. Grow and achieve something
3. Can do what we like
4. Actually responsible for something
5. Make more friends
6. We hate losing or not having resources
What are the 3 stages of negotiation? How did you use these steps during your Bloom trading challenge?
1. Identify what you are negotiating about.
2. Understand your audience.
3. Use strategies to bargain a good deal.
Your trading challenge required you to first set a goal of what you want to trade up to and then figure out who is the best person to trade with and how to get the best deal for yourself.
What does time-blocking mean and how can it help you manage time better?
Time Blocking: You divide your day into blocks of time. Each block is dedicated to accomplishing a specific task or habit.
When you dedicate specific blocks of time to important work, you can focus on getting things done instead of wasting time and procrastinating.
Explain the Experience-based Bias barrier to critical thinking.
Just because of your experiences in life makes you think one thing is better, does not make it better in general.
Why are we not addicted to our daily life tasks?
Real life requires:
1. More time to reach goals
2. Lack of structure
3. Lack of engagement
What is the difference between the Foot-in-door technique vs Door-in-face technique?
Foot-in-door: Uses a small, initial request to increase the chances of someone agreeing to a second, larger request.
Door-in-face: Uses a large but fake request that will get denied and then asks for a small but original request.
Why do we procrastinate? Describe any 2 of the 5 reasons discussed.
1. Fear of failure
2. Overwhelm and poor planning
3. Lack of immediate rewards
4. Poor stress-management
5. Perfectionism and high expectations
Explain the Social Conditioning barrier to critical thinking and provide an example.
When the people around you influence the way you think and form an opinion about something.
Example: Bananas vs Oranges: Even if you like oranges more, just because your friends think it is weird, you think it is weird. However, that does not make bananas better than oranges!
Khalid has some opinions when it comes to leadership. Identify which beliefs of his are actually myths and explain why.
1. No one on my team has complained about me so that shows how good of a leader I am.
2. Just because I was a leader at my school, does not mean that I can efficiently lead a sports team.
3. Just because you did not get elected for a leadership position does not mean you are not a leader.
4. As a leader, when you show vulnerability people might start seeing you as someone who cannot manage team conflicts well.
5. Being a leader means being able to know how to manage people and get them to work to their best potential.
Myth #1 : If there are no complaints, you are good
Myth #4: You cannot show vulnerability
Myth #5: Leadership = managing people
Name and define the 5 phases of design thinking.
Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test
Describe these two ways to manage time better:
1. Understand that everything happens for a reason
2. Parkinson's law
1. Everything you are responsible for is something you can do because you have accomplished previous levels to reach there.
2. The law states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion. This basically means that if you give something all day to do it, it will take you all day.
How do social media algorithms impact our ability to critically think?
Because our algorithm shows us things that we like and what we have seen in our past and if we only see things that we like, we start to face many barriers such as social conditioning, group think, lack of knowledge, etc.
Amaira is the manager for a major organization. However, recently she feels like she is not doing a good job leading her team. What can she do to become an ideal leader?
1. Find small opportunities to lead
2. Embrace your mistakes
3. Ask for help when needed
4. Understand the subject
5. Learn how to build a team
6. Learn to evolve your systems
7. Be confident with your power