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Lotus Blossom Tool Tips
The Lotus Blossom ideation tool is one of the most popular in the toolkit, and it's also one of the simplest. This is a great way to help a team quickly come up with a large quantity of high quality ideas, in a format that is structured, binned, and categorized. A...
The Double Diamond
The double diamond is a well-known visual map of the design process starting with the challenge at hand and ending with a final solution. The process pairs divergent thinking (where the participants come up with many ideas) with convergent thinking (narrowing the...
Flip The Script: PersNOna
Creating a negative persona – aka a persNOna – can help you understand your user in new ways.
How To Be Helpful (in 5 Questions)
Want to be helpful? Ask these five questions.
7 tips to practice ‘Yes, And…’ during everyday collaboration
Q: Team Toolkit, I love using ‘Yes, And…' during your ITK workshops! I want more collaboration like this outside of the workshop. How can I use 'Yes, And...' during my regular, everyday interactions with my team? A: Great question, anonymous audience member! Taking an...
What is ‘Yes, And…’ ?!
Q: Team Toolkit, every workshop you host begins with Collaboration Rules that the whole group agrees to for that workshop. I keep seeing the ‘Yes, And…’ rule. What exactly is it and why is it always included? A: ‘Yes, And…’ is definitely one of our favorite...