Principles often need rapid creation, not slow consensus. The Principle Creation Sprint generates 15-25 design principles in 2.5 hours. Use this inten...

Team members vote for their favorite solution using a large dot sticker. This reveals team preferences before the Decider makes the final choice.

User stories capture features from the user's point of view. They follow the format: "As a [user type], I want [goal] so that [benefit]." This keeps t...

This exercise provides a structured way to design behavior change interventions. It uses the COM-B model to analyze capability, opportunity, and motiv...

This framework helps you conduct user interviews. It balances structured data collection with natural conversation. Expect unexpected insights.

Experience Principles are guidelines defining the user experience's intended character. They act as a north star, guiding design decisions throughout ...

Get outside and talk to users in this fast research sprint. In 15 minutes, participants find people, conduct brief interviews, and uncover real insigh...

Your team knows where you want to be in 2030, but the path from here to there feels impossibly complex. Strategic Backcasting flips traditional planni...

Align your team by defining measurable user outcomes. Hills are statements of intent. They focus on user value, not just features.

This exercise helps teams tackle tough problems by involving those closest to them. Four targeted questions uncover hidden solutions and foster owners...

Uncover your work's core purpose by repeatedly asking, "Why is this important?" This exercise reveals fundamental motivations. It connects daily tasks...

A component audit catalogs every UI element across your product. It reveals inconsistencies and redundancies that you might not know exist. This exerc...

Explore design across scales, from atoms to global systems. Inspired by the Eames film "Powers of Ten," zoom in and out to reveal systemic implication...

Make sense of chaos by finding patterns. Start with research findings, observations, or ideas. Let structure emerge instead of forcing it. Bottom-up o...

Your design system's components feel disorganized. Component Classification creates a taxonomy based on function, complexity, and relationships. In th...

Team members vote on solution sketches using dot stickers. The resulting 'heat map' visually highlights popular ideas before any discussion.

The Decider makes the final call on which solution(s) to prototype. They use a super-vote, leveraging team input and strategic judgment to choose the ...

SCAMPER is a structured creative thinking technique. It uses seven prompts to modify existing ideas and generate new solutions. Each letter offers a d...