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By Rafael Yuji Ishi

Problem Statement

A Brazilian product designer student, very creative, collaborative, curious and is currently working as an intern at an engineering company needs a way to reset his professional objectives, redefine his priorities and decide what is best for his career so he can achieve his professional goals because he feels unappreciated at his current job, also unhappy he is not working with design, he believes opening his own company can be the only solution to do what he likes, express his creativity and fulfill his professional dreams.

Generating Ideas – 1 STAY AT THE FIRM and...

1. Earn respect by showing more commitment2. Ask friendly co-workers to respect him more3. Engage on the company running squad or other activities to make new friends4. Connect with coworkers and then they will respect him more5. Try to understand the coworkers and little by little gain the other colleagues

confidence6. Go to Human Resources and see if they can intervene7. Try to find another department within the company8. Talk to his manager and explain why he is upset9. Talk to his manager to work on more creative projects10. Go to a psychologist to see if the problem is not with himself

1 STAY AT THE FIRM and...

11. Evaluate if the problem is really him or others12. Focus on a project with his designer approach13. Ask his manager for more responsibilities and prove himself14. Read blogs and interviews about unhappiness at work and see if is applicable for

him15. Do a SWOT analysis of himself at the company and measure the PRO´s and

CONTRA´s and evaluate his current position16. Ignore others and focus on his projects only17. Find something that he really likes on his job and focus on this particular thing18. Find ways to express his creativity at work19. Next time a colleague is disrespectful express his unhappiness 20. Motivate himself by asking his manager if he can apply for courses of his interest

1 STAY AT THE FIRM and...

21. Occupy his time with more activities and try to ignore his problems22. Finding a second job (he can evaluate if he is truly unhappy)23. Change his attitude. Do the best he can, stop complaining and eventually

earn the others respect24. Do nothing about this situation and keep complaining

2 STAY AT FIRM BUT SEEKING NEW CHALLENGES and...

25. Apply for other companies26. Apply for scholarships (master or grad school)27. Work harder on his graduation Project28. Find a company at his field of study29. Use design thinking method to solve his own problem30. Prepare himself for his entrepreneur dream (research about the market, companies,

etc)31. Compare himself with other designer colleagues (within career perspectives)32. Talk to his friends and look for solutions together33. Participate on projects at the university where he can use his skills34. Volunteering his time, there are many jobs available where he could express his

creativity

2 STAY AT FIRM BUT SEEKING NEW CHALLENGES and...

35. Working on freelancer jobs at the internet36. Subscribe to challenges on the internet to use his skills

3 QUIT JOB and...

37. Focus on studying38. Build a business plan for his entrepreneur dream39. Open his own company on a leap of faith40. Look for companies that can assist him build his own company41. Apply for a master degree in design42. Find his dream job at a design company43. Reflect on his decisions made so far so he can avoid making the same bad

decisions44. Go abroad for a while (summer job at foreign country) for self-reflection45. Ask for career guidance46. Apply for scholarships at foreign universities (USA, Europe)

3 QUIT JOB and...

48. Make a plan for himself (expectations, career goals, etc)49. Enjoy his final moments at college and then figure out what he wants50. Use his “free time” and produce videos to show some of his skills51. Go to the beach and take some time off. He still young and can decide later.52. Move to another country and start his own company53. Buy his former company and transform it into a creative company with

innovative ideas

Selection of idea - The most practical idea#34 Stay at firm but seeking new challenges and volunteering his time to help others, there are many jobs available where he could express his creativity.I chose this idea as the most practical one because the stakeholder will not have to quit his current job and he can also express his creativity and design skills helping others. He will use his skills and still have his job in the engineering company.I believe it is a win-win situation, it won´t spend many resources and I believe the stakeholder will be less troubled. I suggest he uses a SWOT analysis (idea #15) to evaluate his current situation with his expectations. On the long term if he still unsatisfied he can also quit his job.

The most disruptive idea

#53 Quit his job and buy his former company and transform it into a creative company with innovative ideas.Definitely will cause a lots of impacts and it is obviously the most unfeasible, specially because of the resources. He will deal with his former colleagues, create his own methods and enjoy the fact that he is the owner.The stakeholder would call the shots and have a lot of other responsibilities, he would definitely have more stress and maybe he would not work with design, having to manage all of his new employees and resources.

Your favorite idea

#39 Stakeholder should quit his job and open his own company on a leap of FaithI believe we should go for our dreams. It is very impressive the amount of people who say “I want to change” but they do nothing. Create his own company will require a lot of effort and the risks are high. The stakeholder will have do deal with angry customers, unhappy employees and put a lot of resources (money, time) onto this project.It is very risky but worth. Doing something we enjoy is a must on every job.