In this personal post, I will try to describe, as accurately as possible, my first impressions on the project, the team and Lapassion itself.
To begin with,my expectations about the project were miles away from the real process. I knew it was going to be a multidisciplinary environment, but never, not in my wildest dreams, did I imagine such a diversity of ideas, cultures and people working in an UdelaR project.
The' getting to know each other' phase was definetely fun, but sometimes it felt like a waste of time. We were going to work side by side for 10 weeks, it seemed unnecessary to spend 2 weeks working on social skills. However, it is undeniable that Ana taught us some hidden truths about working in groups effectively.
Later on, we spent a few days working on the problem itself. This may seem trivial, but once you put your head into it, you realize it is amazingly hard to define a problem precisely without succumbing to your own personal vision on the topic in question. Microscopically analizing what others are trying to tell you and to make of that a self-contained concept is harder than I thought. Despite this fact, with the help of experts and interviews our group was able to focus on a topic, and we are still trying to zoom in into the issue.
I don't know if we will be able to bring to the a table a functioning solution to the nutritional problem of kids, but I do believe it is worth the effort. The next few weeks will tell...
Juan
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