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Etienne
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More creative

Work harder

Work better as a team

Better techniques
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    August 24 2011

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A movie...

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


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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



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How might we create a
collaborative
environment?



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The 8 Creative Types - Jason Theodor


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Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

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Art director

    Flash
Developer                           Copywriter


 Account
 manager                            Designer


            Information
              architect


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Opening

          Exploration
                                  Closing




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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
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                                                                                          7. Build on others' ideas
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If you tell people where to go, but not
how to get there, you’ll be amazed at
the results.
             - General George S. Patton




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am ple
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Opening

          Exploration




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Exclusion techniques
Parallel
Design




Five Sketches   TM




Brain
Writing


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Exploration techniques
Inspired by...
                    Microsoft...           Google...   Apple...




Reverse
Thinking



Medici
Transpositionn


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Exploration techniques




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Exploration techniques
Keyword
Association
                               +              =



Resource
Availability                   -              =


Blue Sky
Thinking


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Empathic techniques
6 Thinking
HatsTM




             Information, Emotion, Creativity, Discernment, Optimistic, Facilitator



Spectrum


                           Child                  //                  Adult


How might    How might we send a man in space?

we?



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Empathic techniques




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




     How Might We...
Make a More Refreshing Soap?

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Empathic techniques
2x2                              Grid
                                 Economic      Fun   Simple

        Dangerous

                                                              Fast




                                                              Mid speed
Small               Large




                                                              Slow
         Friendly




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Inclusion techniques
6-up Sketching


                    1.             2.            3.   ...




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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




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Inclusion techniques
6-up Sketching


                    1.             2.            3.   ...



Open Sessions




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Other resources




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Closing




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Limited votes
Closing

                            With end
                            users



                      With techniques



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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




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Better ideas
Less risk
 More team engagement
Shared vision

Exploring more alternatives

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Post-it...
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Jobs vs Lincoln




           Directive       Participative

Crushes competitors        Hires competitors

 Center of attention      Team first

 Micro management          Trust & delegation

            Creator Leader

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References




www.gogamestorm.com




                      jasonfurnell.wordpress.com




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Etienne Garbugli
www.etiennegarbugli.com
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 •User experience (UX)
 •Collaborative design
 •Creative facilitation
 •Usability testing

Generating Better Design Ideas Through Collaboration