Lightning Demos (AKA Related Worlds)

Lightning Demos (AKA Related Worlds)

Recipe step number

Day 2, Activity 1

Description

Borrow inspiration from other related worlds

Reading Time

6 mins

Activity time

1-2 hours

Recipe: Design Sprint (Day 2)

  1. Lightning Demos
  2. Divide or Swarm
  3. 4-Step Sketch
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Materials - Access to Mural (digital whiteboard) - Microsoft Teams (for group video calls)
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Related Mural templates: Design Sprint complete 5-day canvas
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More resources - links etc go here

Overview

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Why do this activity? Lightning Demos are a fast-track to great ideas! Before the team tries to come up with creative solutions, everyone searches for inspiring real-world examples to share with each other.

Here's one of our very own video's from the Advance Concepts™ studio. It guides you through the entire Lightning Demos (AKA Related Worlds) process.

Key Tips

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Tips from the Sprint Book - pages 95-101
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Key tips/learnings from Advance Concepts™

How to do this activity

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Allow 1 hour
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[10-15 mins] Search for inspiring examples
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Get ready to present
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[2 min p/p] Each person presents their Lightning Demo

Here's an example of a Lightning Demo board from a real Design Sprint. The examples are diverse and inspire the group to think of creative, unexpected ways to approach solutions.

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