Exercises
Discover 380+ facilitation exercises to energize your workshops, foster collaboration, and drive meaningful outcomes.
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...
Touchpoint Identification
Customers don't follow a straight path with your product. It's a series of interactions with your brand. Touchpoint Identification maps every interact...
Ecosystem Mapping
Map your product or service's ecosystem. Visualize actors, stakeholders, and their interactions. This reveals complexity and pinpoints where you can m...
I Like, I Wish, What If
This exercise uses three feedback categories to provide balanced and actionable critique. "I Like," "I Wish," and "What If" prompts generate construct...
Strategic Design Future Mapping
Strategic Design Future Mapping makes possible futures visible, informing today's decisions. Map emerging trends and signals of change onto a canvas. ...
Post-Up
Participants write ideas on virtual sticky notes and post them to a shared online board. This method quickly gathers input from the whole group. It's ...
Manifesto Refinement
You have a draft manifesto. Now, make it powerful. Manifesto Refinement transforms initial statements into memorable, actionable, and distinctive prin...
Success Metrics
This exercise helps teams define measurable indicators to show if a service is hitting its goals and delivering value. It ensures you're tracking the ...
Appreciative Interviews
Instead of dwelling on problems, build on successes. Use paired interviews to uncover peak experiences. Participants explore conditions that enable th...
Yes, And
Use "Yes, And" to build on ideas together. It creates a culture of expansion. Forget restriction.
Value Proposition Canvas
The Value Proposition Canvas links your offering to real customer needs. Many products fail because teams build what *they* think is valuable, not wha...
Customer Journey Mapping
Map the end-to-end user experience across all touchpoints. Visualize the complete customer journey, including pre- and post-service interactions. Iden...
Benchmark Creation Protocol
Benchmarking shows your current state, letting you track progress. This exercise sets initial metrics for usability, satisfaction, or other UX aspects...
Service Blueprint
Service blueprints map both customer-facing ('frontstage') and behind-the-scenes ('backstage') activities. This exercise maps dependencies and reveals...
Stinky Fish
This vulnerability exercise transforms team dynamics. It surfaces unspoken anxieties before they impact your work. Teams draw fish and fill them with ...
Touchpoint Matrix
Map every service interaction across channels and journey stages to get a bird's eye view of your service ecosystem. Use a matrix to spot gaps, overla...
Ask the Experts
Interview stakeholders and subject matter experts to gather insights. Experts share knowledge while the team captures notes and identifies opportuniti...
Manifesto Development
Manifestos inspire movements; principles guide decisions. This 90-minute exercise helps teams turn principles into a compelling manifesto. It works be...
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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!