Design Thinking Toolkit
Design Thinking Toolkit
Workshops & Recipes

Workshops & Recipes

Recipes

A "Recipe" is a curated set of workshop activities packaged together to achieve a larger goal. A Recipe can take a few hours or a few days.

Content

Recipe: Lightning Decision Jam (LDJ)
Recipe: Lightning Decision Jam (LDJ)
1-2 hours
A rapid decision making & problem solving workshop
Recipe: Design Sprint
Recipe: Design Sprint
1 week
A 1-week process to solve big innovation challenges

Workshop activities

Workshops are individual activities that can be done with a group in around 1 hour or less.

Content

30-min decision-making
30-min decision-making
Reach fast decisions collaboratively
Vision Setting
Vision Setting
Focus creative solutions on an aligned vision
Level of Ambition
Level of Ambition
Ensure the team has a shared understanding of the scope and degree of innovation desired.
How Might We (HMW)
How Might We (HMW)
A 30-min activity narrow multiple challenges
Windward & Lee
Windward & Lee
What is propelling us forward? What's holding us back?
Impact, Effort, Action
Impact, Effort, Action
Evaluate alternatives and quickly align on action steps
Ways to test (AKA "3 months, 3 days, 3 hours")
Ways to test (AKA "3 months, 3 days, 3 hours")
A great activity to do before prototyping
"Sketching" ideas
"Sketching" ideas
Quickly turn thoughts into tangible ideas that communicate clearly with visuals
Related Worlds
Related Worlds
Get inspiration for great ideas by looking at the worlds best examples
Stakeholder Map
Stakeholder Map
Identify business and customers critical to success
Lightning Demos (AKA Related Worlds)
Lightning Demos (AKA Related Worlds)
Borrow inspiration from other related worlds
Recipe: Design Sprint
Day 2, Activity 1
4-Step Concept Sketch
4-Step Concept Sketch
Sketch clear recommendations for solutions
Recipe: Design Sprint
Day 2, Activity 3
Ask the Experts & HMWs
Ask the Experts & HMWs
Aligning on the problem worth solving
Recipe: Design Sprint
Day 1, Activity 4
Mural template: Classic Ice-breakers
Mural template: Classic Ice-breakers
A set of 12 pre-prepared activities energize a group before any meeting or workshop
Storyboard
Storyboard
Draw key moments of the test flow (comic-book style)
Recipe: Design Sprint
Day 3, Activity 4
Map (Customer Journey)
Map (Customer Journey)
Visualizing the path of the customer
Recipe: Design Sprint
Day 1, Activity 3
Long Term Goal
Long Term Goal
Create a shared team vision
Recipe: Design Sprint
Day 1, Activity 1
Note & Vote
Note & Vote
A no-brainer activity to improve any meeting & make fast decisions