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not so bookish

stupidly, i didnt record the conversation with yvonne, the librarian at Teesside University, where HI is acredited. I had no idea that these people were so knowledgable, but that comes to show just how little time ive spent in a library in my adult life. I sent her a first draft of my literature review, but her straightforward response was that I kind of need to let the reader know wat im talking about, before i dive into a bunch of research culled from academic articles.

so like my coach, she has told me to work on my introduction which explains my aims and objectives, which tells what i am trying to do and why. Following would be my literature review of failure, which should look only at failure as it relates to learning or organizations, nothing else. Methodology needs to state what type of research techniques im using and why. Good question! We will rely on qualitative methods as I am seeking opinion rather than statistics. Once i have completed my interviews or questionaires, then i will need to sythesize the data collected to uncover insights, using the design thinking methods/double diamond model. Analyses of the datsa needs to link back to the literature, pointing out where its consistent or whre it contradicts the theory.

Needless to say, i lost much of her helpful feedback, it was fairly clear when she shared her feedback, but a couple of days later, and the scribbles i made are woefully insufficient. note to self: transcribe EVERYTHING

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