Week#7: Marshmallow Challenge

“ Don’ t play with food.”

This is what my mom told me since I was little. Sorry mom, but today’s task was interesting for me!

 

 

 

 

Mainly I leant two things through this task.

1. Just do it and have a fun!

2. Don’t make a limit by my self

 

1.    At the first time when I tried, checking the rule and thinking how to do was what I did. I exactly did the way Rob said as a “ Bad example”. Actually it made nothing creative and just wasted time. In that task, my role was making sure everybody have things to do. And… Enjoy it! I think doing task with fan is one of great motivations.

2.    I realized that I have known a challenge just like this after I tried. It was “ Five-Dollar Challenge Tina Seeling who is professor of Stanford University and an author of “ What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20”. In that book, she gave the challenge to her business student. All the students got was envelope with five-dollars and 2 hours. The rule was that they can spent as much as time for planning but once they open the envelope, they get two hours to make as much profit as possible. Some people might think to run lemonade stand, set up a car wash or buy a lottery. However, interestingly the team which made money the most did not use the five dollar at all because they realized that focusing on money frame problem way too tightly. That team earn $600 by substituting line service at popular restaurant at Saturday night which is a common problem in a lot of college town. By understanding the problem and solving it, they unlimited their creativity.
Back to my marshmallow task, I did believe all I got was resources in front of me unconsciously and forget to reinterpret. I leant that innovation is came from identifying what casing problem. Moreover I thought viewing it from taking one backward is important to notice something new.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2V-lPmvSHs

I will put Youtube video which is interesting and my favorite from スタンフォード白熱教室.If you are interested in the Tina Seeling, please have a look;)