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2 Hour Start-up Innovation Workshop

John Knight
John Knight

際際滷s for running a two hour group ideation workshop to help generate new ideas, build creativity in teams, plug into the startup culture and accelerate innovation using design thinking techniques.

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2 HOUR INNOVATION WORKSHOP FOR STARTUPS@worldofknight
1. A LIST OF PROBLEMS 2. A LIST OPPORTUNITIES 3. GROUP(S) OF 5 PEOPLE 4. A GOOD SIZED ROOM 5. LOTS OF STATIONERY 6. LOTS OF ENERGY 7.60 MINUTES YOU NEED.
1.BUILD ON 2.STAY LOOSE 3.LOOK BEYOND 4.DONT COMMIT EARLY 5.DIVERGE FROM 6.KEEP THE PACE UP 7.AND NAME YOUR CONCEPTS EVERYONE SHOULD
IDEATION METHOD | LATERAL | Using stimuli STAGE 1 Spend 8 minutes listing the essential features of the following things (you can change these): Space Station e.g. connects with other spaceshipsetc. Well-known pop star Volcano Celebrity chef Mineral water STAGE 2 Spend 8 minutes applying the essential features to your problem/opportunity as a root to potential solution E.g. Airport. connects withother users, join other features such as calendar etc. STAGE 3 Spend 8 minutes on long to short list and documenting the strongest concepts as sketches 248 STAGE 1 8 STAGE 2 + = COMPLETE 8 STAGE 3 +
IDEATION METHOD | NARATIVE | Using stories STAGE 1 Split into pairs of a) Listener and b) Storyteller groups Storytellers assume the identity of a customer/user Storytellers Tell A Story of their imagined current/future experience Listeners ask questions and look for opportunities to change/improve the experience STAGE 2 Teams come back together and brainstorm ideas from their pairs Create long lists and then reduce and synthesize them into the best ideas STAGE 3 Concepts are documented as sketches 248 STAGE 1 8 STAGE 2 + = COMPLETE 8 STAGE 3 +
IDEATION METHOD | ANTI PROBLEM| Using future vision STAGE 1 Spend 8 defining the antithesis of the problem/opportunity at hand and create themes of anti-concepts E.g. We have too many customers on Social Media STAGE 2 Spend 8 minutes applying each of the anti concepts as a starting point for concepting solutions to your problem/opportunity E.g. DIGITAL SATURATION we need to build self support systems STAGE 3 Concepts are documented as sketches 248 STAGE 1 8 STAGE 2 + = COMPLETE 8 STAGE 3 +
IDEATION METHOD | ROTATION | Using multiple inputs STAGE 1 Spend 8 minutes in pairs, starting with a single idea described by one person that the other person then builds on STAGE 2 Come back together as a group and spend 8 minutes agreeing on the best, worst and middling concept and repeat the process as a complete group with these 3 concepts as starting points STAGE 3 Concepts are documented as sketches PRINTOUT3 248 STAGE 1 8 STAGE 2 + = COMPLETE 8 STAGE 3 +
1.CONCEPT NAME 2.KEY USE CASE(S) 3.CUSTOMER VALUE PROPOSITION 4.SKETCH THE EXPERIENCE PITCH YOUR CONCEPTS

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2 Hour Start-up Innovation Workshop

  • 2. 1. A LIST OF PROBLEMS 2. A LIST OPPORTUNITIES 3. GROUP(S) OF 5 PEOPLE 4. A GOOD SIZED ROOM 5. LOTS OF STATIONERY 6. LOTS OF ENERGY 7.60 MINUTES YOU NEED.
  • 3. 1.BUILD ON 2.STAY LOOSE 3.LOOK BEYOND 4.DONT COMMIT EARLY 5.DIVERGE FROM 6.KEEP THE PACE UP 7.AND NAME YOUR CONCEPTS EVERYONE SHOULD
  • 4. IDEATION METHOD | LATERAL | Using stimuli STAGE 1 Spend 8 minutes listing the essential features of the following things (you can change these): Space Station e.g. connects with other spaceshipsetc. Well-known pop star Volcano Celebrity chef Mineral water STAGE 2 Spend 8 minutes applying the essential features to your problem/opportunity as a root to potential solution E.g. Airport. connects withother users, join other features such as calendar etc. STAGE 3 Spend 8 minutes on long to short list and documenting the strongest concepts as sketches 248 STAGE 1 8 STAGE 2 + = COMPLETE 8 STAGE 3 +
  • 5. IDEATION METHOD | NARATIVE | Using stories STAGE 1 Split into pairs of a) Listener and b) Storyteller groups Storytellers assume the identity of a customer/user Storytellers Tell A Story of their imagined current/future experience Listeners ask questions and look for opportunities to change/improve the experience STAGE 2 Teams come back together and brainstorm ideas from their pairs Create long lists and then reduce and synthesize them into the best ideas STAGE 3 Concepts are documented as sketches 248 STAGE 1 8 STAGE 2 + = COMPLETE 8 STAGE 3 +
  • 6. IDEATION METHOD | ANTI PROBLEM| Using future vision STAGE 1 Spend 8 defining the antithesis of the problem/opportunity at hand and create themes of anti-concepts E.g. We have too many customers on Social Media STAGE 2 Spend 8 minutes applying each of the anti concepts as a starting point for concepting solutions to your problem/opportunity E.g. DIGITAL SATURATION we need to build self support systems STAGE 3 Concepts are documented as sketches 248 STAGE 1 8 STAGE 2 + = COMPLETE 8 STAGE 3 +
  • 7. IDEATION METHOD | ROTATION | Using multiple inputs STAGE 1 Spend 8 minutes in pairs, starting with a single idea described by one person that the other person then builds on STAGE 2 Come back together as a group and spend 8 minutes agreeing on the best, worst and middling concept and repeat the process as a complete group with these 3 concepts as starting points STAGE 3 Concepts are documented as sketches PRINTOUT3 248 STAGE 1 8 STAGE 2 + = COMPLETE 8 STAGE 3 +
  • 8. 1.CONCEPT NAME 2.KEY USE CASE(S) 3.CUSTOMER VALUE PROPOSITION 4.SKETCH THE EXPERIENCE PITCH YOUR CONCEPTS