Brainstorm design thinking
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How does one get through the dissertation topic selection successfully and satisfy both the department and the candidate when they disagree? Advisor’s idea Candidate’s idea Collaboration between advisor and candidate’s ideas Fire Advisor Bribe Advisor Blackmail Advisor Quit Program Secure an honorary doctorate through achievement or endowment Go back to the drawing board Find a new advisor in the department Find a new department Find a new school/ more appropriate program Gain experience on advisor management from previous graduates Crowdsource the dissertation topic on the internet Filibuster the dissertation committee Use MIT’s paper generator to create a dissertation then improve to committee and candidate’s satisfaction Find an advocate for your external committee member Present a number of acceptable to candidate options for topic to the advisor Brainstorm topics with the advisor Cast a spell for topic selection acceptance Cast a spell for PhD completion Brainstorm topics with domain specialists Brainstorm topics with non-domain specialists Brainstorm topics with a 5 year old Create a video game in which the ultimate objective is coming up with an appropriate dissertation topic Start with one chapter, writing only for yourself Start with one chapter writing what your advisor thinks is appropriate Get objective advice from academics outside your advisor’s circle Use your external committee member as a dissertation advisor Get drunk and brainstorm topics Reconsider a fallback position as a cat burglar Draw an empathy map for your advisor as the stakeholder Carry a voice recorder and capture every idea Get drunk with your advisor and brainstorm topics Reframe your idea to be compatible with your advisors in some way Use a Ouija board to define your topic Throw darts onto key words from your potential ideas mounted on a dart board and create a topic Write on a different potential dissertation topic for one hour each day for a week. Select the one that excites you the most and cater it to your departmental requirements Go to a psychic and ask him/her what your dissertation topic will be. Make it work Please pack your knives and go Identify the career goal and use that as the inspiration for the topic and outside examiner Sleep on it Talk to your university’s writing center Use guided meditation for topic guidance Write the reference section first. Using Scrabble tiles, for every letter write down the related concepts in your dissertation work. Create a topic from those concepts. Write five abstracts representing at least one of your ideas and one of your advisors. Put them in a hat and choose one Ask Ganesh to be your outside examiner Ask yourself, what would Walter White Do?
Transcript of Brainstorm design thinking
How does one get through the dissertation topic selection successfully and satisfy both the department
and the candidate when they disagree?���
Advisor’s idea���
Candidate’s idea���
Collaboration between advisor and
candidate’s ideas���
Fire Advisor���
Bribe Advisor���
Blackmail Advisor���
Quit Program���
Secure an honorary doctorate through
achievement or endowment���
Go back to the drawing
board���
Find a new advisor in the department���
Find a new department���
Find a new school/ more appropriate
program���
Gain experience on advisor management
from previous graduates���
Crowdsource the dissertation topic on
the internet���
Filibuster the dissertation committee���
Use MIT’s paper generator to create a
dissertation then improve to
committee and candidate’s satisfaction���
Find an advocate for your external
committee member���
Present a number of acceptable to
candidate options for topic to the advisor���
Brainstorm topics with the advisor���
Cast a spell for topic selection acceptance���
Cast a spell for PhD completion���
Brainstorm topics with domain
specialists���
Brainstorm topics with non-domain
specialists���
Brainstorm topics with a 5 year old���
Create a video game in which the
ultimate objective is coming up with an
appropriate dissertation topic���
Start with one chapter, writing only
for yourself���
Start with one chapter writing what your advisor thinks
is appropriate���
Get objective advice from academics
outside your advisor’s circle���
Use your external committee member
as a dissertation advisor���
Get drunk and brainstorm topics���
Reconsider a fallback position as a cat
burglar���
Draw an empathy map for your advisor
as the stakeholder���
Carry a voice recorder and capture
every idea���
Get drunk with your advisor and
brainstorm topics���
Reframe your idea to be compatible with
your advisors in some way���
Use a Ouija board to define your topic���
Throw darts onto key words from your potential ideas mounted on a dart board and create a topic���
Write on a different potential dissertation
topic for one hour each day for a week. Select the one that
excites you the most and cater it to your
departmental requirements���
Go to a psychic and ask him/her what your dissertation
topic will be. ���
Make it work���
Please pack your
knives and go���
Identify the career goal and use that as the inspiration for
the topic and outside examiner ���
Sleep on it���
Talk to your university’s writing
center���
Use guided meditation for topic
guidance���
Write the reference section first.���
Using Scrabble tiles, for every letter write
down the related concepts in your
dissertation work. Create a topic from
those concepts.���
Write five abstracts
representing at least one of your ideas and one of
your advisors. Put them in a hat and
choose one���Ask Ganesh to be
your outside examiner���
Ask yourself, what would Walter
White Do?���
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