Workshop Session

Design Your Future Work Life

🕙11:10 AM – 11:45 AM (35 mins)
👨‍🏫Speaker: Edison Ade

Not your typical vision board. Use design thinking to map your future-of-work journey with practical tools, real-time feedback, and actionable outcomes.

Introduction (5 mins)

Why Vision Boards Fall Short:

  • Traditional vision boards often lack clear, actionable steps, focusing too heavily on inspiration rather than practical implementation.
  • Without specific pathways, vision boards become dreams without direction.

Power of Design Thinking:

  • Design thinking bridges the gap between dreaming and doing by guiding you through a structured process of empathy, definition, ideation, prototyping, and testing.
  • This practical approach helps convert aspirations into achievable milestones.

Objective for Today:

  • Use design thinking methods to practically and tangibly map out your ideal future work life.
  • You'll leave with clear, actionable steps and immediate commitments to begin your journey today.

Activity 1: Empathy & Reflection (5 mins)

Individually, participants jot down:

  • Current work-life satisfaction level (scale of 1-10).
  • One thing they wish could change.
  • One thing they're passionate about doing more of.

Activity 2: Define Your North Star (5 mins)

  • In small teams (3-4 people), each person shares their reflections briefly.
  • Clearly define your personal "North Star": What does an ideal work-life look like practically (e.g., work schedule, role, environment, and impact)?
  • Capture this in one clear sentence.

Activity 3: Ideation – Map Your Path (10 mins)

Using provided templates or blank sheets, each person creates a practical roadmap:

  • Identify 2-3 specific milestones to reach your North Star within the next 3 years.
  • Identify required tools, skills, or support systems for each milestone.

Teams offer quick feedback and suggestions to each other (2 mins per person).

Activity 4: Prototyping & Commitment (10 mins)

Participants select one milestone to prototype:

  • Detail exact first steps you'll take within the next 30 days.
  • Specify at least one actionable step you commit to immediately after this workshop.

Share prototypes briefly within your group, receiving immediate, supportive feedback.

Conclusion & Takeaway (5 mins)

Reflect as a group:

  • Key insights and surprises.
  • Reinforce the importance of practical action steps.

By the end of this workshop, you'll walk away with a personalized action roadmap to direct your career journey over the next three years.

Join the Workshop

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