We will have a Discovery session to co-create a brief together which will determine the goal of the workshop and what specific outcomes you hope to achieve.
This session then informs the rest of the planning process.
Time to complete: 2hrs – 1 day
Idea Labs
Ignite your team’s imagination
and unlock new opportunity
Find the right problem, and the idea presents itself.
Workshops (We call them Labs) that deliver ideas that lead to more products, services and sales.
The Challenge
You already have a talented team of people within your organisation. Imagine what business opportunities you could unlock together if you had a creative process that delivered new products, services and sales.
In Short
Some of the fastest growing companies in the world have had their leadership teams participate in our Idea Labs. We're not saying we are responsible for these companies stratospheric growth, but the creative process we taught them will ensure they will maintain market relevance, far beyond today.
The Lab
A one-off or series of Labs where your team actively work on a Challenge set by the business. Your team will astonish you with their creative ability to generate solutions to your Challenge. They will also take the creative process they learn during the Lab, back into your business so that it can be used in the future.
The Deliverables & Timings
Conduct Research
Before planning the workshop, we conduct research to understand the broad topic or problem that the workshop will focus on. This often includes reviewing industry trends, market research or gaining direct feedback from customers.
Often we will take teams directly out of the office so they can experience and understand frustrations customers have first-hand, leading to better solutions as a result.
Time to complete: 3 – 5 days
Facilitator Selection
Depending on the industry and specifics of the challenge, we will designate an experienced facilitator who can manage the workshop and keep the participants engaged and on task.
Time to complete: 1 hr
Schedule and Lab Design
We will develop a detailed agenda that outlines the activities, timeline, and materials needed for the workshop. We will send this to you well in advance of the workshop.
We will also be responsible for organising logistics such as venue hire and lunch.
As every challenge is different, so too is every workshop, you wouldnt want a workshop designed to create a better ladder when you actually need a better rocket. We therefore design workshops to meet each client challenge and employ a diverse range of engaging activities that will help participants generate new ideas and solutions.
Time to complete: 3 days
Meet & Greet
Prior to any workshop we will hold an online team brief, to communicate to participants the workshop’s objectives, schedule, and expectations in advance, and answer any questions. If the participants have not met before, this is a great way for them to get to know one another ahead of time.
If the workshop is being held online, we will also create some warm-up exercises so each team member can practise using our online collaboration tools so they are set up and ready to go on the day.
Time to complete: 2hrs
The Workshop
Workshops typically span one or two days. We’ll facilitate the workshop according to the schedule and agenda, and encourage participation and creativity from all attendees.
Workshops usually follow this format
- Review of research, inspiration and customer insight
- Reframing of the challenge
- Ideation (creating lots of possible solutions)
- Filtering (selecting the best potential solutions)
- Pitching (creating a value proposition around the selected idea(s)
- Prototyping and testing (seeking data to validate solutions)
One thing we guarantee is engagement, fun and tangible ideas that can be taken forward.
Time to complete: 1 – 2 days
The Illustrators
We’re not fans of workshops that result in hundreds of Post-Its, so we employ illustrators who capture the teams ideas as they create them. Once a workshop is wrapped up, the team are able to take these illustrations back into the business so that an idea can be conveyed to the wider business team.
If we are working on your company vision or designing your organisations planned future, these illustrations can be used as a visual representation and printed out as a mural for you to place in your office.
The Evaluation
After the workshop is complete, we will assess the solutions against the objectives set out in the definition and discovery phase to ensure that the goals have been met.
We present the ideas back to the group in a worked up presentation, complete with digital versions of the illustrations so that ideas can be shared with the wider business.
Presenting ideas back to the group a few weeks after the workshop has ended allows the group to comment and discuss any elements they could amend to make the ideas better.
We will also gather insights from the workshop to determine the impact of the workshop’s outcomes and if any new insights or information emerged between completing the workshop and delivery of The Evaluation presentation that should be considered.
Time to complete: 1 – 3 days
The Plan
After an Idea Lab, the team will likely have generated a large number of ideas, solutions, and potential next steps. However, in order to turn those ideas into tangible outcomes, it’s important to develop a detailed action plan that outlines specific next steps, timelines, and responsibilities for implementing the most promising idea(s).
We’ll develop that plan with you and present it back to you during evaluation so that the team are all aligned on what data we need to uncover from the test to make an idea real.
Time to complete: 0.5 days
Testing/Prototyping
Use the insights and ideas generated during the workshop to create prototypes or test new ideas. This could include creating mockups or running experiments to validate the feasibility of the ideas generated during the workshop.
Note, this is priced separately.
High Performance
High-performance teams carry out innovation workshops to generate new ideas, solutions, and approaches to business challenges. These workshops encourage collaboration, creativity, and experimentation, which can lead to breakthrough innovations that give the team a competitive advantage.
Our (has never been redeemed) Guarantee*
On our first engagement for your business, if you're not satisfied with the service then we’ll either work to make it right or refund you 100% for the works carried out
*In 10 years of operation, we have never been taken up on this offer.
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