Hailey Cho

Stakeholder Politics Social Capital, Sustainable development, and the Corporation – Robert Boutilier

The concept of sustainable development is portrayed as a bridge among various camps that either support or oppose the corporation and the process of economic globalisation. The WCED definition requires a balance in three relationships, namely: humankind with nature; the current generation with future generations; and different groups with the current generation.

In practical terms, keeping these three elements in balance translates into the need for ecological footprint reduction in the developed world and for poverty reduction in the developing world.

‘Beware confirmation bias: the result you can see, abstract and external task you can see. Look for the evidence can support my work. Being a researcher is to collect all part of the informations and be honest to the data I have got. Make real change and make real stakeholders.

What the fact say VS What confirms your believes (needs a combination of it).

“Throw out the possibility to risk and uncertainty”

What kind of evaluate has your research given you? (check list)

1. Expert feedback (they might not agree with each other, you) 
2. Physical evidence 
3. Stakeholder feedback        

Pure practical usability rating by expert, the progress journey< future plan.

Check List:

1. Are your interventions informed by your secondary research 
2. For stakeholder/ intervention why you choose these people (good reason)
3. How did you use your feedback from perilous intervention (the development of the project)
4. did you test again with your stakeholder or did this change, why?
5. to what extend have contingent circumstance had an effect on the way you have investigated your question? (偶然情况下）
6. How/why has your question iterated?

Simplify, Expelicate (what hidden assumptions life buried indoor project?), Edit (get rid of irrelevant but cherishes ideas that are clinging to your project like barnacles), Disentangle (your hidden agenda, and expose it to scrutiny. Any other question hidden inside your question? is your one actually blind or deeper interest or obsession?), Sharpen 

‘Change outside world, the change inside you’

Ask Better Questions to Build Better Connections – Amber L. Wright 

From Amber L’s talk I’ve learnt that during the presentation body language help conveying informations, giving examples with enthusiasm is good for audience to pay attention, the speed and tones are important while communicate with audience so they can understand the key points.

“Communication is a transaction” give out value information and hopefully you will receive a value one as well.

“Asking question is part of it, another part is how we respond to people” It is true that sometimes people might be too focused on asking question but forget about responds properly. ‘How are you?’ is one of the practice we had in class. Use better way to ask people how are you but most importantly to give a better response better than ‘I’m good, thank you!’ Convey what’s really inside your minds and how you feel is an ability. “Asking better question & answer question honestly”

Compare both of the speaker I prefer Amber L, her talk is about development stages of why asking better question. Examples of ask better questions can make a big change in school project, and a much better link in between human communication.

Mike Vaughan another speaker on How to Ask Better Questions talks more about communicate peer to peer.

‘Don’t put pressure on wording of the question.’ – Diana Donaldson

During the tutorial Diana gave me a lot of new thoughts based on her own experience and perspective. Detailed feedback How to present a clear question to stakeholder? Rethink what other ‘bare bone’ I’m trying to research, stages of ‘HOW TO’ and investigation needs. Hints need to give idea.

What have I look in to to find answer for specific issue? (show on reflective statement)

• Clarify what the issue is and it hasn’t to be a problem! Also I need to show what I want to shift, change a view or an attitude in my project. What are the key areas I’m going to change.

1. Cut down the waste in luxury events.
2. Use innovative material in luxury events
3. Raise Asian younger generation’s awareness

What is innovative material? (Not everyone understand what innovative is, needs clarification) INNOVATIVE MATERIAL: technology advance … (show in log separately)

Am I going to use it for my project? Or do i create one?

Due to the time limitation and other issue, the project might not need to aim for finding the solution. (show in log separately) It might be the case of rising of the awareness and working with the brand etc. What can I do in five weeks?

For young people I’m trying to impress and given an opportunity to repurpose these material.

Support these young people to make the way I want with the luxury brand to help. Create workshop, event etc (Depending what it is, might be able to make it two. Two intervention from different perspective for different stakeholder)

Diana shared her own experience on her pervious project, how to use two project to achieve 1+1>2 can these feeding to this. Who to look up to? Usually peers? eg. 15year old would look up to older people. Do the East Asian younger generation look up to their parents? or something else?

Adding extra element is important (eg. show self making film to a group of younger people) create something bigger by combine projects together. Do I want to design a new product? or do I want to repurpose the idea? There’s a huge different. Back to my own project, “How can innovative material used in luxury fashion events raise younger East Asian generation awareness towards a carbon neutral future?” Firstly, research and find out the latest materials using or used in luxury events production. Then, gather a group of younger East Asian generation to curate a workshop to create new items by using these materials. During the workshop/event i would introduce some of the harmful things for the environment and what can we do in to it to happen.

Be clear of my own positionally! What is my role in this project? How i get influenced by?

The process create the opportunities “Walking though life with eyes open” – Diana

Identify key ares, for that effect to create something definitely new (creating value!), Have other people done similar project? What’s the difference?

How to get feedback from process? (more desirable, can evidence it) (eg. they want to get money) 

The case study: a CEO, they put together all the brands. It was well received, avenue 

Work on immediately on ‘where’ and ‘when’. Workshop (using what? what brand (can they donate material equipment) who’s gonna be my target, where I will get access to them?) If i do something where i will do it (location).

OTHER PEOPLE’S PROJECT 

Key problem not the action itself (eg. ski) Trying to get people back to the store (is about the retail) using case study ski relate to retail, experimental in store.

Suzy Nightingale @fragantmaven

She is co-host of @onthescentpodcast, award-winning freelance fragrance writer.

The Perfume Society / Grazia Middle East / Rakes Progress et al

The original idea is really important.

“Is interesting you are going to know how we going to smell in few years.” Suzy Nightingale

effective emotions, emotional connection

During the event Suzy talked about revisiting the perfume to readjust formula and it reminds me of my project process. Keep reflecting and adjust the question, stakeholder and testing plan.

Question Draft:

1. If eco-friendliness is a priority in these events?
2. What have you guys done to make it eco-friendly?
3. What kind of thing (card, material) you guys throw away all the time?
4. Present my idea – create some material (brochures, etc) are reusable.

5th of October 2022

Mix & Match Tea Workshop: What is the spirit of mine project? What spirits content in my question?

The whole session was really meditating and reflecting, I have keep reflecting my project while choosing and picking every ingredients into my tea bags. (Why do i pick this as part of my tea bag/part of my project?) Is it because of the shape, colour or taste? The dimension of my project suddenly opens up. Picking tea you enjoy to drink and choosing project (question) you would love to investigate on works the same way, a deeper self realisation have been created.

I have produced 4 tea: each of the tea content different spirt. I named them and each of them relate on different stakeholder from my project.

On 28th September, I have got a chance to speak with the Creative Production Company relate on what are the most wasteful products during luxury fashion events.

We start the conversation with the coffee cup on our hands, coffee cups are comment everywhere. The cup is recyclable paper but the lid is plastic, why the lid can’t be paper as well? Is it a choose? They just haven’t done it paper way!

Ash Martin – Fashion, product, film photographer

“The kit always needs to update to meets the industry standard.” (kit: camera, devices etc)

“Always need to customise stuff for client, specific brand and collection.”

Karen Louise – Nail Artist

“For the past few years Vivian Westwood’s shoot have always been eco-friendly.”

So create an item that can be customisable would be the goal. Can reuse for multi brands and events. How to achieve circular consumption? The current industry keeps producing products however the product can only be used once. After the product is used it is either thrown away or put into storage. Therefore, I want to break this process and allow for products to be reused so that we can achieve circular consumption. 

‘China has formally revised its laws to allow couples to have up to three children, to boost the birth rate.’ (BBC News). With global warming worsening, people may be discouraged to have more children and this may reduce the number of consumers for luxury brands. Therefore it is in the brand’s best interest to be eco-friendly and encourage eco friendliness using their wide reach. This ensures the longevity of luxury brands.