Innovation Playbook Series: Together Alone - Amplifying Collaboration

As a facilitator, we have several tools in the toolkit to get the most out of a workshop, and one of those is to ensure that we capture the ideas and views throughout the group's time together. You have to watch out for the quiet ones!

Let me show you how workshops can create tangible outcomes – fuelling your strategies, defining projects or concepts, and setting clear next steps. In this post, I share one of my top tips to achieve this as an Innovation Facilitator, revealing how a potent blend of strategy, service design, and facilitation can transform workshops into powerful engines of progress. I will share my secret weapon in making this happen and showcase the value of this simple exercise to align your team, create focus, and prioritise actionable outcomes. By the end of this read, you'll be equipped with an activity that will turn workshops into actionable stepping stones towards your organisational goals. Let's dive in and unleash the potential of impactful workshops.

Innovation Playbook Series - Use this simple approach to shift your conversation from problem to outcomes.

The How Might We (HMW) appraoch.

Using a global standard in innovation called the Google Ventures Design Sprints, I have supported NAB and other organisations to create both Channel and Product strategies, where I run a structured process for solving complex business problems through design, prototyping, and testing. Yes it really works!