It’s been over a few weeks since I began my MBA program and while one of the classes I wish I had a waiver for, I have thoroughly enjoyed the material being presented. The tools and techniques that I have learnt so far have been enriching.
a. Presentation skills
Loved the lecture on how to be an effective presenter. Thanks to Stephen Friedman for really pointing out how to get people to listen to you. Presentation is a form of story telling and people remember stories better than they do facts. People like themselves more than they like you. And people like to talk more than they like to listen to you talk. How then can we really deliver our message across to the people? I’m still experimenting with this. I’ll continue to experiment with these tips in student group meetings.
b. Case Analysis
Several frameworks were presented by Yvan Baker. I would say that my current problem-solving process is some small subset of the one presented by Yvan but it was still very useful that he outlined all the steps in great detail.
- Gather information and identify the problem
- Decompose the problem and prioritize
- Hypothesize
- Recommend
- Outline Implementation
c. Framing and reframing, and gaining alternative perspectives
Though it seems common knowledge to open our minds to different perspectives, again it’s always really useful to have it all spelt out in black and white for you. And I think these are great techniques that I can definitely apply for my websites.
It’s time for me to start applying all these lessons learnt to my software business. I can’t really decide what I want to focus on yet but I have some idea on what would be the easiest one for now. Keys to success? Start simple and keep it simple. And listen to your customers to see them guide you through the way.