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Collaboration through action

How design thinking might be used to address collaboration issues within a bureaucratic organization

MAS Strategic Design

Collaboration through action, Fanny Chiabaut, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

The presented work is located in the context of a public Swiss research funding agency, where the author is employed as a business analyst. She explores how the design thinking approach can improve collaboration between IT and other teams throughout the 400 employees, since the current siloed working environment has become a major barrier to efficient communication and collaboration during the process of digital transformation. In this context, the misalignments between the IT department and the other departments hamper the solutions and services offered by IT to the rest of the organization, leaving both parties dissatisfied. In three interventions undertaken by the author, the positive impact of discussions is shown, as is the need for a new collaborative space. Based on her findings, she proposes a workshop format to increase employees active participation in the ongoing cultural change of their company.

Details

  • Discipline

    Design

  • Project Type

    Abschlussarbeit

  • Field of Study

    MAS Strategic Design

  • Authors

    Fanny Chiabaut

  • Lecturers

    Katharina Nill, Markus Ort und Stefano Vannotti

  • Contributors / Further collaborators
    Jonas Petermann
  • Date

    2023