{"id":3957,"date":"2017-04-28T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/design-thinking-exercise_042817\/"},"modified":"2017-04-28T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T10:50:00","slug":"design-thinking-exercise_042817","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/design-thinking-exercise_042817\/","title":{"rendered":"“How was your experience today?\u201d Using a design thinking exercise for quick and meaningful feedback \u201cin the moment\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The time a person has the most interest and insight into an activity is when they’re doing it. Did you just finish helping someone or facilitating a meeting and wish you could quickly get feedback on what the person or attendee is thinking?<\/p>\n

What did they like? What did they wish you did differently, more of, eliminate, change, or add? What bright ideas do they have that you just wouldn’t think of yourself? Sometimes people’s quick thoughts and reactions can be the most valuable feedback. In the moment, you are also likely to tap into the “gut reaction” and how they are feeling.<\/p>\n

To get feedback in the moment, we’ve been using a design thinking exercise in our HfS Summits. The exercise we use is based on the simple and useful questions in the Stanford d.School toolbox (link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Source: Tools<\/a> from Stanford d.school<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s how we use it: We put pens and sticky pads on all tables, plus a flip chart or whiteboard somewhere in the room. (When you start to do more design thinking you’ll realize that sticky notes and design thinking go together like water and ducks.) Then towards the end of the day we do this exercise to get feedback to confirm, challenge, and share on our objective.<\/p>\n

Our question: How can we evolve the HfS Summit to be more interactive, engaging, and meaningful? In the next 5 minutes, write down what comes to mind to finish the following:<\/p>\n