PPP Megatask

Last week we were part of a cross-course megatask where we had to pitch ideas as small teams, vote, and then assemble to create one big team to carry out a pitch for the chosen idea.

I was paired with Molly, we had to match our assigned numbers which created a word combo. Our word combo was hangry hi-five.

 Our sheets from brainstorming as a team of two

We did some thinking about how we could make these two words into a product. We went on to the idea of creating some app-based solution to hunger and loneliness (like JustEat and Tinder or something). Our idea ended up being carried forward to the last round of voting.

The whole thing was weird and stressful, but actually okay?? Was interesting speaking to people from other courses too. As it was our idea, we were elected as the default project leaders much to our dismay.

A big part of this challenge was the deadline looming over our heads, as well as having to communicate with people (but without being bossy y'know). Gentle leadership was my intended approach.

We split everyone up into mini-teams: MARKETING, GRAPHICS/LOGO, COMMERCIAL (Animators), APP PEOPLE, giving them smaller jobs to accomplish each to assemble our pitch for the lecture theatre at 3pm.

Even though computers crashed, we lost our original ad and our voice over, and in the end the final product didn't matter, it was an interesting insight into collaboration. Maybe a glimpse of what's to come in the next semester where collaborative efforts will be assessed.