Exercises
Discover 380+ facilitation exercises to energize your workshops, foster collaboration, and drive meaningful outcomes.
Love/Viability Matrix
Prioritize product features based on user desire and build feasibility. Focus on the intersection of user love and execution reality. Aim for a Most L...
Career Development Mapping
Mapping career paths clarifies opportunities and boosts retention. Many leave roles due to unclear growth, not just compensation. This exercise helps ...
Principles Refinement
Good principles get better with iteration. This 60-minute exercise uses feedback from testing to refine wording and improve clarity. The goal is princ...
Concept Selection
Choose the strongest concepts to move forward using varied evaluation methods. Balance intuition with structured analysis to select ideas with the hig...
Straw Poll
Team members vote for their favorite solution using a large dot sticker. This reveals team preferences before the Decider makes the final choice.
LS - Triz
Brainstorm the worst possible practices to reveal counterproductive behaviors. Identifying which 'worst practices' you're *actually* doing creates saf...
Min Specs
Focus on essential rules to spark innovation. Remove unnecessary specifications so teams can adapt and find novel solutions within clear boundaries.
Content Type Mapping
Before you build, map your content. Content type mapping identifies each content type, its attributes, relationships, and purpose. Unplanned content m...
Horizon Scanning
Horizon Scanning systematically surveys the external environment to identify potential disruptions. This 3-hour exercise transforms environmental moni...
Signal Cards
Use provocative cards depicting future situations to spark new service ideas. The cards help you think about emerging trends and alternative futures. ...
Comparative Analysis
Map the competitive landscape. Compare similar solutions. Spot patterns and ways to stand out. It's not about copying, but about informed innovation.
SDT-Future Backcasting
Future Backcasting is a planning method. Start with a clear, desirable future. Then, work backward to find the steps to get there. Unlike forecasting,...
Concept Testing
Concept testing helps you get early user feedback on your ideas. Validate assumptions and refine concepts before you invest too much time and money. I...
Rapid Sketching
Speed crushes perfectionism. Rapid sketching forces ideas out before overthinking kicks in. Many think they can't sketch, which is why this works. Giv...
To-Be Scenario Map
Envision the ideal user experience. Start with current insights. Design an improved 'To-Be' experience that solves user pain points and achieves your ...
Dot Voting
Dot voting is a fast, democratic way to prioritize. Participants get a limited number of votes to allocate. This forces tough choices and quickly reve...
Provocative Artifact
Imagine tomorrow's headlines announce a breakthrough or disaster, reshaping your organization. This exercise brings those futures into focus. Teams cr...
NUF Test
The NUF framework scores ideas based on novelty, usefulness, and feasibility. This provides a quantitative way to prioritize concepts.
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This workshop was incredibly effective for our remote team! We adapted it slightly for a virtual setting and it worked wonderfully. The key was breaking into smaller breakout rooms.
Great resource! One tip: prepare all materials the day before to avoid any last-minute rushes.
Used this for our quarterly planning session. The structured approach really helped us stay on track!