Exercises

Discover 380+ facilitation exercises to energize your workshops, foster collaboration, and drive meaningful outcomes.

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UX Maturity Assessment Workshop

2 hours

Before planning improvements, gauge your organization's UX maturity. This assessment reveals where you stand in user-centered design. Then, it pinpoin...

To-Be Scenario Map

1.5 hours 1

Envision the ideal user experience. Start with current insights. Design an improved 'To-Be' experience that solves user pain points and achieves your ...

Card Sorting

1 hour

Card sorting shows how people *actually* think about information. Not how you *assume* they do. Give participants cards with content or features. Ask ...

User Stories

45 mins

User stories capture features from the user's perspective. They follow this format: "As a [type of user], I want [goal] so that [benefit]." This ensur...

Job Statement Framing

1.3 hours 1

Job Statement Framing ensures precise language in Jobs To Be Done. This 75-minute exercise crafts clear job statements. These capture customer intent,...

As-Is Scenario Map

1.5 hours

Visualize the current user experience through a story. Document what users do, think, and feel. This exercise is a great way to understand the current...

Dynamic Personas

2.5 hours

Evolve your personas to anticipate user behavior. Identify key design interventions that guide users toward desired future states. This exercise helps...

Solution Sketch

1.3 hours 1

Develop detailed solution concepts through a multi-step sketching process. This exercise combines rough doodling, Crazy 8s rapid ideation, and a detai...

Design Thinking Challenge

4 hours

Run a complete design thinking process, from empathy to prototype, in one intensive session. This challenge compresses the five stages—empathize, de...

AI Ecosystem Mapping

2.5 hours

Confused by the AI hype? Map the AI landscape to make smart investments. See what's available, what's coming, and what competitors are doing. Most com...

Journey Stage Breakdown

2 hours

Customer journeys are continuous, but teams need stages for analysis. Journey Stage Breakdown divides the journey. This helps focus improvement effort...

Service Safari

3 hours

Service Safaris are field research. Teams experience real-world services as customers. They document the journey, touchpoints, and service quality. Th...

Future Scenario Mapping

2 hours

Imagine your team needs to prepare for a future that hasn't happened yet. Future Scenario Mapping helps strategic teams stress-test plans against poss...

Storyboard

2 hours

Storyboards visually narrate user interactions with a product or service. They use sketches or images in panels to show the user experience over time....

Co-Creation Workshop

4 hours

A co-creation workshop unites stakeholders to design solutions. Participants become equal partners. They combine perspectives to generate innovative i...

Prune the Future

1.5 hours

Map future scenarios by creating a timeline of events. Prune unlikely or undesirable futures to focus on a preferred path. This helps teams align on s...

Experience Prototypes

3 hours

Service prototyping rapidly simulates service experiences. Teams and users test service concepts, focusing on interaction quality before launch.

Discovery & Action Dialogue

2 hours

This exercise helps teams tackle tough problems by involving those closest to them. Four targeted questions uncover hidden solutions and foster owners...