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The Design Cycle – everything begins with empathy.

September 23, 2018September 25, 2018 By fmw

Whether you are designing an airplane part or an after-school program, the design thinking process starts with empathy – knowing your customer/community and seeing from their perspectives.  FMW weekly walks are a way to observe Fresno, up close, on foot, and fill your empathy reservoir. 

 

The Design Cycle graphic illustrates a core element of Fresno Mindfulness Walks (FMW), the importance of building our reservoir of empathy.  Here’s a sentence from the design thinking methodology, on the first step, empathize.

“engaging and empathizing with people to understand their experiences and motivations, as well as immersing yourself in the physical environment to have a deeper personal understanding of the issues involved…”

For those wanting to be part of the healing and health of our community or invest time in your own healing and health, weekly mindfulness walks through all of Fresno’s 110 square miles is a great way to start.  We walk a different neighborhood each week, from Copper River Country Club to Calwa, and from West Fresno’s Victory West Park to the Fresno Airport.  

 If you’re working on a team – with an organization, department, staff, board members – walking mindfully through a variety of diverse neighborhoods could be your next retreat, all for free and right here in your own town.  

Read a full description of design thinking processes here:

Here are FMW photos that illustrate FMWalkers increasing their understanding and empathy:

FMWalker, Kathryn, chats with a gentleman about navigating the route from his senior apartment to the grocery store, near Peach and. Kings Canyon.

 

 

 

 

FMWalkers observe boarded up and burned out houses, most frequently in south Fresno neighborhoods, and discuss the impact to feelings of safety and pride on the rest of the neighborhood.

 

FMWalker, Beth, hears from children who are helping their mother with a sidewalk sale, in south Fresno.
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Fresno Mindfulness Walks are weekly opportunities for people to walk together for a 4 mile route through a different Fresno neighborhood each week. Walkers practice active mindfulness by attending to the sights, sounds, smells, feelings.  Walkers do not talk to each other on walks, but we do greet people we meet along the way.  The walk location and exact start time are posted just a few days in advance. All walks are free, require no RSVP, and anyone is welcome to join one walk or many. To learn about upcoming walks, you can sign up for a weekly email in the yellow bar at the top of this website and/or LIKE and follow the FMW Facebook page.

 

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Weekly walks are about 4 miles and take about an hour and a half. Walks are at a medium pace, often on uneven ground, and sometimes take longer than expected because walkers see themselves as curious travelers lingering to observe or going around a different way.

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