Innovation work from identifying problems in need of solutions, generating ideas, creating things, and simply providing the inspiration and mutual support for doing the work often requires gathering. Whether it is face-to-face, online, or some hybrid option the same general rules apply for what makes a good gathering when it comes to the up-front work. […]
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The power of perspective is one of the things that differentiates high output and impact innovators from others. It’s easy to get lucky or have good timing, but it’s another to create value when those things don’t happen. One of the ways we do this is by engaging in some perspective-taking. This simple exercise and
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One of the most profound, fun, and engaging techniques for creating an attractive service or product design is oddly focused on the exact opposite: Designing for Awful. How to use this This strategy is as simple as it is effective. When workshopping ideas allot some time to have participants develop ideas and designs for the
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No one can see the future, but we can gain a glimpse of what might come and how what we are doing today might take us there by using this technique or tool called The Long Now. The Long Now involves taking an idea that might be on the horizon or emerging and envisioning what
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Just as parents will use pencil notches in a wall to track the height of their children as a developmental marker, so too can innovators and evaluators use timelines to help gather and track the development of programs and projects over time. A timeline is a simple linear visual that gathers activities together that uses
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