Midwest UX 2015

Many innovation initiatives are well-intentioned failures. Not because the ideas aren’t good or the people running the initiatives aren’t capable, but because execution is messy and unpredictable; poor execution can result in failure of even the best ideas.

To solve this problem for ourselves, we developed Practical Innovation. It’s a playbook of activities, tools and processes for generating, evaluating and executing ideas. As importantly, it’s a framework for distilling, visualizing and sharing ideas – helping people inside your organization see what you’re saying.

By envisioning what could be and focusing on what will be, you can create the most valuable, viable and sustainable product possible. And along the way build both consensus and momentum.

Our session will focus on:

• Whom to include in your exploration teams
• What approaches are appropriate for different types of initiatives
• Where to look for valuable, viable and sustainable ideas
• How to evaluate and decide on ideas to pursue, when and why

During our session, participants will learn the fundamentals of:

• Facilitating workshops that generate ideas and build organizational alignment
• Leading week-long sprints that transform rough ideas into testable concepts
• Prioritizing activities and planning the roll-out of large, complicated initiatives