Muhammad Ahmed's Innovation badge issued by Startup Sherpas

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Innovation
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This badge was issued to Muhammad Ahmed on 28 May 2024.

This badge is awarded to individuals who have successfully completed their first SuperSquad – an experience in which they’ve participated in an innovation process resulting in a conceptual solution to a real-world design challenge. The badge acknowledges the recipient's commitment and dedication across a six-week timeframe, along with their creativity and insight to produce an innovative solution. The achievement highlights their potential to make valuable contributions in future professional endeavours.

Criteria

Earner has participated in an innovation process across the span of six weeks, to generate a well thought out and creative idea to a real-world challenge.

Earner has fully immersed themself in the topic of the design question in order to gain contextual information and perspectives which sets them up for the innovation process.

Earner has created, developed, and refined a customer persona which fits the target audience of the particular design challenge they’re looking to solve. They have presented this persona to the wider research group, gaining thoughts and feedback from others.

Earner has organised and conducted a live interview with a prospective customer to gain further knowledge, insight, and perspective on the challenge at hand.

Earner has used a variety of ideation techniques to generate a wealth of ideas related to the design question. They use both prompted and unprompted methods to express their creativity and problem solving skills, and also seek inspiration from another individual. Earners evolve and refine their set of ideas through prioritisation and grouping techniques, creating a shortlist of high quality concepts.

Earner has worked to develop, refine, and iterate on their chosen solution, using both written and video-based pitching activities to present their concept and gather feedback from others.

Earner has presented their final concept in a way that is appropriate for using with corporate clients and partners.