This collection of activities supports the Design Thinking ‘Empathise’ phase.
Before designing for a stakeholder, we need to get to the heart of the issue and truly understand what their pain points are. Too many designers want to solve problems that don’t even exist and these activities help to find the ‘real problem’.
8 cards per A4 printable sheet.
38 Activity Prompts (two title cards)
You can print and leave as A4 sheets to support learning design, or cut and play as cards - up to you.
PDF file for immediate download and delivery.
“This activity really helped my students to understand what empathy actually is in a way they could understand and relate to.” - Hazel
“The goldilocks activity worked especially well.” - Cathy
Trialed by facilitators and teachers using the Design Thinking process with students, these activities are a fun way to dive deeper into understanding the ‘heart’ of the problem before starting to come up with ideas. The activities are also useful for Social Emotional cues for neurodiverse students with supported delivery to help them to better understand theory of mind/how others might experience the world.