How to BrainstormLessons from Design Thinking

Jeremy Lightsmith@lightsmith

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The “Plan”

• What do you know about brainstorming?

• Happy faces

• Iteration 1 - Where we are

• Iteration 2 - w/ Stoke + Rules

• Iteration 3 - Design Charrette / Studio

• Design Thinking

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What do you know about Brainstorming?

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Happy Face Exercise

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Iteration 1: Where are we now?

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How might we increase the availability of affordable learning tools & services for students in the developing world?

http://www.openideo.com/open/how-might-we-increase-the-availability-of-affordable-learning-tools-educational-for-children-in-the-developing-world

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What happened?

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Iteration 2:Energy Stoke +Brainstorming Rules

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Stoke

ENERGY!

Creativity

Yes and...

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How can we equip young people with the skills, information and opportunities to succeed in the world of work?http://www.openideo.com/open/youth-employment

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Same + Different

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Questions?

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Iteration 3:Design Charrette/Studio

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Stoke

ENERGY!

Creativity

Yes and...

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How might we design an accessible election experience for everyone?

http://www.openideo.com/open/voting

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Same + Different

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Questions?

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Design Thinking

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Brainstorm

Define the challenge

Observe people

Form Insights

Frame Opportunities

http://ideo.com

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Desirable

ViableFeasible

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http://www.ideo.com/work/kitchen-gadgets/

Extreme Users

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/phil_shirley/5358114922http://www.flickr.com/photos/manoelpetry/5335107830

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http://blog.intuit.com/trends/what-is-a-follow-me-home/http://www.lsb.com/blog/creating-value-with-user-contribution-systems/

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Scott CookIntuit

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Next up...

• how to select?

• team size (pizza teams)

• diversity

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Quiz

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Links• Brainstorming in the news :

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrerhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/the-rise-of-the-new-groupthink.htmlhttp://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2012/the-problem-with-new-groupthink/http://imaginecreateshare.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/response-to-groupthink-discussion/

• Stanford’s Bootcamp Bootleghttp://dschool.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BootcampBootleg2010v2SLIM.pdf

• Design Thinkinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M66ZU2PCIcM http://designthinking.ideo.comhttp://www.fastcompany.com/919258/design-thinking-whathttp://www.fastcodesign.com/1663480/design-thinking-isnt-a-miracle-cure-but-heres-how-it-helps

• GameStorminghttp://www.gogamestorm.com/

• Open IDEOhttp://www.openideo.com/

• Nordstrom Innovation Labhttp://nordstrominnovationlab.com

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About meI spend most of my time & energy building highly performant software development teams.

As a seasoned agile coach, trainer & facilitator, I work hard to create environments where teams can discover how they work best. I have a deep understanding of agile, and am constantly looking for better ways to share knowledge and collaborate.

Find me at http://jeremylightsmith.com/or @lightsmith on twitter.

- Jeremy Lightsmith

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