Strategy

Blank Canvas

One open sheet with no imposed structure, for building a bespoke tool or parking loose ideas.

What it is

The canvas has exactly one zone, Blank Space, described by its source as 'a blank slate for you to fill.' Facilitators draw their own grid, list or map directly onto it, or use it as a free-form sticky-note dumping ground when no existing canvas fits.

Reach for it when

• A workshop that needs a canvas no one has built yet
• A team inventing its own framework live instead of forcing the problem into an existing one
• A session generating ideas with nowhere to go until a proper canvas exists

Running it

1. Decide as a group, before opening the canvas, whether you're designing a custom structure or just parking loose ideas.
2. If designing a structure, sketch the grid or zones lightly in pencil first, agree it as a group, then commit it in marker.
3. If parking ideas, treat it purely as capture on an A1 sheet or blank digital board with sticky notes and markers, timeboxed 15 to 90 minutes.
4. Book a follow-up session to sort the captured notes into a proper canvas — a blank sheet doesn't resolve them on its own.