Know it’s a Process: Define Your Challenge

Define the life design challenge you’re facing. In this stage of the life design thinking process, you will identify and focus on the problem or the challenge you seek to solve. A clearly defined challenge will guide your questions and help you stay on track throughout the design process.

Keep it simple.

Describe your challenge simply and optimistically. Make it broad enough to allow you to discover areas of unexpected value and narrow enough to make the topic manageable.

Sketch out your end goals.

What would an optimal solution look like? Define your goals for undertaking this design challenge. Be honest and realistic, both regarding time and effort. What do you expect to get at the end of this process?

Define your measures of success.

What else are you working toward? What will make this work successful? What are the measures of success?