Taking responsibility for concept design and presentation

Despite being a company that had created change by renovating our cafeteria and offices, our employee uniforms had been the same old design. This represented a major gap for new employees. Wouldn’t creating trendy uniforms that reflect the company’s new image make work more fun? We presented this idea to our company president two years ago at a company gathering. On the spot, the president responded, “then you should change that,” immediately granting approval for the project to get underway. But having just joined the company, everything was new to us and we were completely lost at first. It’s easy to say, “Let’s adopt a trendy design” but the four of us all had different ideas of what that meant and what we ended up with did not reflect what we thought we were ordering. It was around this time that we received advice and encouragement from a senior colleague. We first rethought our concept and then spent two months creating the concept of a fun uniform that promoted change and individual proactivity. During our presentation to the president and directors, we passionately explained the importance of creating new uniforms. We were provided an opportunity to make a presentation at a management planning conference attended by many employees where we conveyed that every aspect of uniform design and creation has a purpose. We finally received approval and were able to complete the uniforms.