Personal audit vishali bawa

SURVIVAL JOURNAL Vol. 1

Vishali Bawa

Introduction While assessing myself, I realised that I am highly motivated and driven to do well in life while working towards making a positive impact.

I am convinced that design has the potential to improve the quality of people’s lives in manifold ways. I want to use this to influence a positive change in the communities. I am currently open to both, being an entrepreneur or an intrapreneur depending on how passionate I am about the opportunities that comes my way.

To be able to fulful my core objective, I consciously need to be a more active leader and will improve my relationship building skills. I am a learner and would like to take every opportunity I get to learn and refine my skillset in order to be a good leader.

Coming from a design background, my first instinct is to express myself using visuals or graphics. I have illustrated doodles in this book to depict my leader“ship�journey. I decided to portray the unaltered natural journey that I have had so far, which has been rough as well as smooth during different phases. I have used the colours black and white to depict that there is no right or wrong method or answer. It is all about perception. There are certain concepts that we understand and some of them that are still undefined.

Self Reflection When the water is still, one can see a clear reflection in it. Spending a lot of time retrospecting and reflecting on my own characteristics and traits made me more self-aware. I got the chance to look at my strengths and short-comings and can now work on both with a more conscious approach.

Personality Metrix

Rigid

Cautious

Left brained

Realist

Intrapreneur

The Past

Resilient

Confident

Right brained

Imaginative

Entrepreneur

The Future

Myer - Briggs Assesment

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P

Helps Great Analysts and Abstract Thinkers Imaginative and Original Open-Minded Enthusiastic Objective Honest and straightforward

Hinders Very Private and Withdrawn Insensitive Absent-Minded Condescending Loathe Rules and Guidelines Second-Guess Themselves

Inventorying Your Skills

Helps

Traits

Hinders

By making sure the work is done.

Hardworking

Learner - Ask too many questions

Inquisitive

Ask TOO many questions

Helps with the quality of work

Moody

Could deteriorate quality of work

To make things more aesthetic & productive

Design Skills

I don’t think design skills are a hinderance

Fast deliverables

Impatient

Stress myself out if the deliverables aren’t fast enough

Let the actions speak

Person of less words

Spending extra hours to finish the work

Message doesn’t get conveyed sometimes

My skill set

Design Strategy

Mapping/ Synthesis

Customer Validation

Graphic Design

Story telling

Experience Design

Design Research

Prototyping

Branding

Future skill set

User Interface (coding)

Finances

Creative Direction

Art Curation

Film and Media

Buisiness Management

Skills Leader during times of chaos

Self - awareness

Relationship building

Motivation

Proficiency Master I look at myself as a war-time leader, when things are chaotic, I tend to step in and lead the way.

Competent I have a fair idea about my strengths and weaknesses, however I need re-assurance sometimes and am not confident enough.

Basic

I feel the need to work on this as I don’t tend to initiate conversations or talk a lot.

Master I’ve been informed that I’m a good motivator and can bring in a positive and ‘get the work done’ attitude even in stressful situations.

Ability to lead change

Competent

Enterprise Basics

Competent

I don’t look at myself as an inherent leader but tend to step in to the role when their is a need. eg. conflict

I have been told that I have a knack for ideation and creative thinking.

Core Motivations

• To make a palpable difference to the whole world.

• Identity fulfilment.

• To be independent.

• To give back to the underprivileged communities.

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Productive

Bad

Sad

Neutral

Okay

Good

Happy

Mood Tracker

Goal Tracker

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Ideal work environment

Agile work culture

Diversity of people

Flexibility of work hours and location

Supportive Growth Prospects

Recreational work culture

Glocal and innovative

Social Impact

Graphic Design and Strategy departments

Transparency and Trust

My organisation, colleagues, mentors, consumers.

Formal Take time to open up

Appreciation Royalty Salary Perks

Channels (How do they know you and how do you deliver?)

Via ui/ux, product or service solution, designs.

Customer Segments (Who you help?)

Customer Relationships (How you interact?)

Time Effort Value Creativity

Value Proposition (How you help?)

Bringing in a combination of design thinking and visual design sensibility

Revenue Streams (What you get?)

Key Resources (Who you are and what you have?)

Design Strategist, Visual Designer – skillset – softwares, planning , design, etc

Key Activities (What you do?)

Planning, research, designing, strategy, prototyping,testing, implementation

Cost Structure (What you give?)

Key Partners (Who helps you?)

Recruiters Mentors Previous colleagues Parents Professors Network (friends)

Personal Business Model Canvas

Ideal work environment

Cost Structure (What you give?)

Key Partners (Who helps you?)

Key Resources (Who you are and what you have?)

Key Activities (What you do?)

Customer Segments (Who you help?)

Channels (How do they know you and how do you deliver?)

Customer Relationships (How you interact?)

Revenue Streams (What you get?)

Value Proposition (How you help?)

Personal Business Model Canvas

Take The Plunge “Don’t Get Ready, Get Started”.

20 before 2020

Entrepreneur Learn Spanish Travel to atleast 3 new countries 3 adventure sports

Foresight Calander Shifted to down - town Manhattan

June 2018

November 2018

Got a job in an esteemed Strategy Consultancy

May 2019

Went for a solo Euro - trip

Got my O1 Visa

August 2019

April 2020 Started working at Dalberg Design

Foresight Calander Started my personal side project

January 2020

Foresight Calander

Foresight Calander

Systems Thinking A ship is never a solo sailing experience. It is affected by the environment and ecosystem around it. Here, I zoom out and see myself in the larger picture and the kind environment and people I want to be surrounded by in order to feel inspired and motivated and apply myself to the best of my ability. I have portrayed the system thinking feedback loops via the ripples of water to show the inflow and outflow and how different factors can affect each other. I have shown the ripples to emphasize on ‘The Butterfly Effect’ as well - how one small change in the system can affect the entire system.

My 5 F’s Fame Finance Fun Family & Friends Freedom

Me Respect Honesty Creativity Perseverance Balance

My Core Values

Personal Problem 01. The problem is related to Family

Friend

Partner

02. List three reasons that are causing the problem

03. illustrate the event that took place in the box below :

04. List two possible solution that come to your head within 100 seconds .

05. Rate each of the solution.

Option#01

Option#02

Professional Problem 01. The problem is related to Client

Co-worker

Boss

02. List three reasons that are causing the problem

03. illustrate the event that took place in the box below :

04. List two possible solution that come to your head within 100 seconds .

05. Rate each of the solution.

Option#01

Option#02

Personal Problem 01. The problem is related to Family

Friend

Partner

02. List three reasons that are causing the problem

03. illustrate the event that took place in the box below :

04. List two possible solution that come to your head within 100 seconds .

05. Rate each of the solution.

Option#01

Option#02

Professional Problem 01. The problem is related to Client

Co-worker

Boss

02. List three reasons that are causing the problem

03. illustrate the event that took place in the box below :

04. List two possible solution that come to your head within 100 seconds .

05. Rate each of the solution.

Option#01

Option#02

Exercising the idea muscles The way propellers of a ship transmit power and help the ship move forward, exercising the idea muscle by brainstorming Ideas helps me excercise my mind and get into the flow of thinking about different Idea’s on a regular basis, thus helping me move forward, gaining more confidence and improving my ideation skills.

Brainstorming

Brainstorming

Brainstorming

aster of my Fate I am the M tain of my Sou p a C e h t m l” Ia

Anchor This is a reminder for me that no matter how far or where I go, I want to be true to my core values and principles. It also signifies control. I want to be in a position where I have control over my life decisions. I have mentioned the last two lines from one of my favourite poem ‘Invictus’ by ‘William Ernest Henley’ that have always given me strength, has inspired me and has resonated with me, “I am the Master of my Fate, I am the Captain of my Soul”

Work in Progress...