Transform Pains To Opportunities
The Challenge
When innovating, organizations typically look for solutions within the framework of their existing business model. In addition, with significant history behind them they often take customers for granted. The results are incremental solutions rather than breakthroughs.
To solve pains we need to turn them into opportunities. Our third challenge; uncover the opportunities that might solve the pain we choose.
This continues the process of narrowing down the scope of any potential product or service to a doable scope by postulating the potential problems that cause it.
In this module you select a pain and drill down to create a prioritized list of known and suspected problems that might cause it.
GovernanceStewardsTeam members who are responsible for shepherding an idea from its inception to roll-out. Session TimingRun 50 minutes sprints with 10 minute breaks.PrinciplesPlant Acorns To Grow Trees (NEW)Start projects very very small. Decided Means DecidedOnce a decision is made there is no returning to it. HoverSlowing down to uncover hidden insights and facts. | 80% ruleStop an exercise when it’s about 80% correct. TechniquesHow Might We (NEW)Re-phrases a pain as a question about potential opportunities or challenges. Silent BrainstormingEliminates people in the room from dominating a session. Dot-MocracySilently prioritizes a list of alternatives. LW. SW. NW. (Learned What, So What, Now What)LW.SW.NW. reinforces learning from the session. |
Checklist
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1. How Might We Explain HMW process Select winning pain Conduct silent brainstorm Post and group HMW’s |
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2. Dot-mocracy Explain process Vote on HME Group winners Select the winning HME Capture the result LW.SW.NW. |
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