Make the case.
Before building the agenda.

I'm trying to run a how long 90-minute 2-hour half-day full-day Other… kind of workshop design sprint decision-making session alignment session planning session project kickoff discovery workshop brainstorm retrospective Other… for who's in the room the product team the engineering team the design team the leadership team a cross-functional group the client team the whole department Other… , so we can what it needs to achieve align on priorities make a decision we keep postponing agree on scope kick off the project properly surface what's blocking us plan the next quarter generate ideas we'll actually use Other… . To make it happen, who needs to say yes my creative director the account lead my director my manager my VP the head of product the exec sponsor the department head the client Other… needs to say yes, and I think they'll say the pushback you expect .