Exercises

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

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Customer Touchpoint Map

2.5 hours

A customer touchpoint map visualizes all interactions between a customer and your organization. It helps you understand how customers connect with you...

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....

Personas

3 hours

Personas represent key user types. They range from behavior patterns to detailed profiles with needs and backgrounds. Use them to focus design on real...

User Interview Guide

1 hour

A user interview guide helps you conduct consistent, thorough interviews. It's a structured, flexible document with questions and prompts to uncover u...

Value Proposition Deep Dive

4 hours 1

Stop marketing with surface-level claims. Understand why customers *really* choose you. This exercise helps you understand customer decision-making at...

Value Proposition Canvas

2 hours

The Value Proposition Canvas links your offering to real customer needs. Many products fail because teams build what *they* think is valuable, not wha...

AF - Playground

30 mins

Want to create a safe space for weird ideas? Innovation workshops often fail because people are afraid to take creative risks. A playground removes th...

Skills Gap Analysis

3 hours

Don't let hidden skill gaps derail projects. Skills gap analysis compares necessary skills with your team's current abilities. This reveals where you ...

How Might We

20 mins

Turn problems into opportunities using optimistic questions. Reframe problem statements and insights into actionable "How might we..." questions. This...

Moment of Truth

45 mins

Moments of Truth are pivotal customer interactions that forge lasting impressions and significantly sway decisions. They profoundly shape customer per...

Post-Up

15 mins

Participants write ideas on virtual sticky notes and post them to a shared online board. This method quickly gathers input from the whole group. It's ...

Signal Cards

2 hours 1

Use provocative cards depicting future situations to spark new service ideas. The cards help you think about emerging trends and alternative futures. ...

Principles Testing

1 hour

Principles look great, but do they hold up? Principles Testing applies your draft principles to real decisions to see if they're useful. This exercise...

Impromptu Networking

20 mins

Start with paired conversations to quickly share challenges and expectations. This exercise builds connections and surfaces diverse viewpoints right f...

Straw Poll

10 mins

Team members vote for their favorite solution using a large dot sticker. This reveals team preferences before the Decider makes the final choice.

Problem Framing

1.5 hours

Teams often rush to solutions before fully understanding the problem. Problem framing intentionally slows down the process. It ensures you're solving ...

Inclusive Meetings

5 mins

Use these techniques to make sure everyone contributes during meetings. These simple practices ensure all voices are heard, especially from quieter te...

Ecosystem Loops

2.7 hours

Map circular value flows and feedback loops in service ecosystems. Pinpoint key areas for sustainable and regenerative service design. This exercise h...