Generating Better Design Ideas Through Collaboration

1. Creativity & Innovation Generating better design ideas

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5. Work better as a team Better techniques More creative Work harder

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13. 1) A small ego 2) The ability to collaborate and work with differences

14. No matter what my views of him are personally. He's the most qualified for the job and therefore, it would be of a disservice to the union to not allow him to hold office just because he doesn't like me.” - Lincoln on Edward Stanton

19. How might we create a collaborative environment?

20. The 8 Creative Types - Jason Theodor

21. Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

22. Art director Flash Developer Copywriter Account manager Designer Information architect

23. Opening Exploration Closing

24. 1. Limited time (timeboxed) 2. Small teams (3 to 5) 3. Quantity over quality 4. 1 conversation at a time 5. Shared accountability 6. Wild ideas are allowed Cras condimentum, tortor sed pellentesque malesuada, eros est egestas tellus, id scelerisque elit lectus vitae purus. Fusce dapibus est et felis pellentesque ut adipiscing diam tempor. Aenean ultricies magna non ante semper pharetra. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Donec pulvinar rutrum nisl ac imperdiet. Nunc vulputate scelerisque lectus eu adipiscing. imperdiet imperdiet Cras condimentum, tortor sed pellentesque malesuada, eros est egestas tellus, id scelerisque elit lectus vitae purus. Fusce dapibus est et felis pellentesque ut adipiscing diam tempor. Aenean ultricies magna non ante semper pharetra. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Donec pulvinar rutrum nisl ac imperdiet. Nunc vulputate scelerisque lectus eu adipiscing. 7. Build on others' ideas ...

25. If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results. - General George S. Patton

26. Example

27. Opening Exploration Exploration

28. Exclusion techniques Five SketchesTM Brain Writing Parallel Design

29. Exploration techniques Microsoft... Google... Apple... Reverse Thinking Medici Transpositionn Inspired by...

30. Exploration techniques

31. Exploration techniques Resource Availability - = Blue Sky Thinking Keyword Association + =

32. 6 Thinking HatsTM Information, Emotion, Creativity, Discernment, Optimistic, Facilitator Spectrum Child // Adult How might we send a man in space? How might we? Empathic techniques

33. Empathic techniques How Might We... Make a More Refreshing Soap? Play

34. Empathic techniques How Might We... Make a More Refreshing Soap?

35. Empathic techniques Grid 2x2 Fun Simple Economic Dangerous Fast Mid speed Small Large Slow Friendly

36. Inclusion techniques 6-up Sketching 1. 2. 3. ...

37. If you freeze an idea too quickly, you fall in love with it. If you refine it too quickly, you become attached to it and it becomes very hard to keep exploring, to keep looking for better.” - Jim Glymph, Gehry Partners

38. Inclusion techniques Open Sessions 6-up Sketching 1. 2. 3. ...

39. Other resources

40. Closing

41. Limited votes Closing With end users With techniques

42. A few techniques... $100 Test Dot Voting Forced Ranking Hot Air Balloon Build the Checklist Speed Boat Spectrum Mapping Decision Matrix Impact & Effort Matrix Nuf Said

43. Exploring more alternatives Better ideas Less risk More team engagement Shared vision

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49. Jobs vs Lincoln Participative Directive Crushes competitors Hires competitors Center of attention Team first Micro management Trust & delegation Leader Creator