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Choosing the right tools

Choosing the right tools

From the course: Facilitating Remote Design Thinking

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Choosing the right tools

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- One of the core concepts of design thinking workshops for me is how to keep things as low fidelity as possible. That lets you move faster. And it means that people who aren't so design inclined don't feel left out. That's one reason why in the real world, we use sticky notes and thick marker pens as our primary tools. There's no learning curve for the tools, which frees people up to concentrate on learning the process, and then our learning users needs. In-person design thinking workshops, use whole wall to display large quantities of information. Participants move closer to read individual stickies or look at the details of a sketch. They step back to create groups of stickies or arrange items into a timeline or a preference list. There's a lot of sharing of sketches, pointing at ideas and co-creation of physical artifacts, such as paper prototypes. It's easy for team members to see what might be missing and jump in to…

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