Blue Sky Thinking
Participants will be taken through the following process step by step. They are provided the skills and tools in each step to explore their wicked problem as a group.
GATHER INSPIRATION
Examples include: An empathy interview, shared personal experience/connection to the problem, visual aids (the day's newspaper)/research.
GENERATE IDEAS
Ideation huddle (using idea generating techniques from creative thinking workshop)
EVALUATING IDEAS
Using techniques learned in strategic thinking.
* PRESENT YOUR IDEA
The Blue Sky Thinking Challenge is an opportunity for participants to put creative and strategic thinking into action by addressing an organisational "wicked" problem.
BUILD YOUR IDEA
Using Symes Group template, the group brings the idea together. The group decides on an idea to combat the "wicked problem" and explore the concept, objective, stakeholders, plan, timeframe, and the feasibility of their idea.
PRESENT YOUR IDEA
The final step is delivering a presentation of the idea to the group. This is always an exciting and energizing way to end the session.