Innovative Problem Solution: Youth Unemployment Case Study

Year 2021, Volume: 5 Issue: 9, 45 - 55, 28.06.2021

Mustafa Akın

https://doi.org/10.31006/gipad.738353

Abstract

This article shows how design thinking approaches a problem to solve. The issue of youth unemployment, which is one of the main obstacles in society. In particular, the focus was on those who have a lack of education. The fact that the individual is young, inexperienced and unqualified makes the solution difficult. The user-oriented, team-based, trial-and-error method of design thinking is beneficial in these types of complex problems. The team followed these steps: share your own story, identify success stories, conduct interviews, progress with someone else's steps, look with new eyes (alternative worlds), discover surprising points, prototyping, feedback. This study showed that design thinking method, the team understands a problem empathetically, produces ideas by getting inspiration from other sectors, and builds prototypes for testing purposes. In this regard, design thinking is a process and sees innovation as a discipline rather than creativity.

Keywords

Youth unemployment, innovation, design thinking, alternative world, field study

İnovatif Çözüm Yaklaşımı: Genç İşsizlik Vaka Çalışması

Abstract

Bu makale bir problemin, tasarım düşüncesi inovasyon yaklaşımı ile nasıl çözüldüğünü göstermektedir. Sorun olarak ele alınan konu toplumdaki en temel sıkıntılardan biri olan genç işsizliktir. Özellikle de mesleksiz olanlara odaklanılmaktadır. Bireyin genç, tecrübesiz ve niteliksiz olması çözümü zorlaştırmaktadır. Bu tip karmaşık ve kördüğüm problemlerin çözümünde tasarım düşüncesi yöntemi; kullanıcı odaklı, ekip çalışmasına dayanan, deneme-yanılmaya dayalı olması bakımından oldukça etkilidir. Çözüm yaklaşımında ekip sırayla şu adımları takip etmiştir: Kendi hikayeni paylaşma, başarı hikayelerini belirleme, mülakatlar gerçekleştirme, başkasının adımıyla ilerleme, yeni gözlerle bakma (alternatif dünyalar), şaşırtan noktaları keşfetme, prototipleme, geri bildirim almadır (saha çalışmasıdır). Bu çalışma göstermiştir ki; tasarım düşüncesi yöntemiyle bir sorun empatik olarak anlaşılır, farklı sektörlerden ilham alınarak fikirler üretilir ve deneme amaçlı prototipler yapılır. Bu bakımdan, tasarım düşüncesi bir süreçtir ve inovasyonun yaratıcılıktan ziyade bir disiplin işi olduğunu savunmaktadır.

Keywords

Genç işsizlik, tasarım düşüncesi, inovasyon, alternatif dünyalar, saha çalışması

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