Advanced Collaboration Research

Sharing practical ways to engage in the Collaboration Revolution

STOP: Teach Art Before Your Customers Answer Questions

Many of us run individual perspectives activities designed to allow participants to communicate their thoughts and feelings in a different way.…
David Roberts Jan 14, 2011

Teach art (quickly) before asking participants to apply it...

Many of us run individual perspectives activities designed to allow participants to communicate their thoughts and feelings in a different way.…
David Roberts Dec 13, 2010

Take-A-Panel

Purpose The Take-A-Panel module enables each participant in an event to respond individually, and in dynamic fashion, to a design challenge. This…
Brandon Klein Jan 01, 2009

Take-A-Panel Examples

Here are 100 example Take-A-Panel questions: What was your vision for the merged company? What are the guiding principles that made this merger so…
Brandon Klein Dec 31, 2008

Take-A-Panel (Individual) Exercise to Share Everyone's Perspective

DESCRIPTION: “Take a Panel” is when participants are assigned to individually take a section of WorkWall – typically a 4’ by 8’ panel – to write and…
Brandon Klein Sep 03, 2007

End State Exercise : Begin With The End In Mind

DESCRIPTION: This is a common DesignTeam assignment: build a model of the end state (organization, products, system, mechanism, et cetera). It is a…
Brandon Klein Nov 23, 2006

Board Blitz - Get Everyone's Thoughts at Once Exercise

DESCRIPTION: This is large group module, where everyone has the same assignment. At the facilitator’s signal, they charge to the WorkWalls, to write…
Brandon Klein Jul 06, 2006