Exercises

Discover 380+ facilitation exercises to energize your workshops, foster collaboration, and drive meaningful outcomes.

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Love/Viability Matrix

45 mins

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

2 hours

Mapping career paths clarifies opportunities and boosts retention. Many leave roles due to unclear growth, not just compensation. This exercise helps ...

Principles Refinement

1 hour 1

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

1.3 hours

Choose the strongest concepts to move forward using varied evaluation methods. Balance intuition with structured analysis to select ideas with the hig...

Straw Poll

10 mins

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

35 mins 1

Brainstorm the worst possible practices to reveal counterproductive behaviors. Identifying which 'worst practices' you're *actually* doing creates saf...

Min Specs

50 mins

Focus on essential rules to spark innovation. Remove unnecessary specifications so teams can adapt and find novel solutions within clear boundaries.

Content Type Mapping

2 hours

Before you build, map your content. Content type mapping identifies each content type, its attributes, relationships, and purpose. Unplanned content m...

Horizon Scanning

3 hours

Horizon Scanning systematically surveys the external environment to identify potential disruptions. This 3-hour exercise transforms environmental moni...

Signal Cards

2 hours 1

Use provocative cards depicting future situations to spark new service ideas. The cards help you think about emerging trends and alternative futures. ...

Comparative Analysis

2 hours 1

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

3 hours 1

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

1.5 hours

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

30 mins 2

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

1.5 hours 1

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

10 mins

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

3 hours

Imagine tomorrow's headlines announce a breakthrough or disaster, reshaping your organization. This exercise brings those futures into focus. Teams cr...

NUF Test

30 mins

The NUF framework scores ideas based on novelty, usefulness, and feasibility. This provides a quantitative way to prioritize concepts.