Now you have many different potential solutions it is time to start narrowing these down as we converge on a specific plan of action. The first step of this is to pick the idea we think are the most promising! This can be tricky as letting go of ideas can be a challenge! One tactic for letting go is to think of your idea as like your car. You all may drive into the same car park, but if you’re all going to arrive at your destination together, sometimes you need to park your own car and get into someone else’s.
This doesn’t mean that there’s anything wrong with your car. Your car is great! It’s the perfect car for you. It just so happens that there is another car taking everyone to where you need to go.
Using this tactic you should now pick one of your ideas from your crazy 8s excercise!
Share and Collaborate:
Pick an idea!
- Individually each member of your team should pick one idea from their crazy 8s excercise and share it with the group.
- Collect all the group’s ideas into a single list.
- After you have all shared your ideas each team member should vote on their favourite.
- After voting pick the idea that has the highest number of votes to go forward!
Now you should have an ideas to address the problem brief set out by this project! Don’t worry this isn’t set in stone! You can tweak the idea as you progress and make any changes. Also make sure to keep hold of your list of runner-up ideas – never throw a good idea away!