How To Run a REMOTE Workshop (Lightning Decision Jam)
Channel: AJ&Smart
Date: 2020-04-21

Do you need a remote workshop solution for innovation and problem solving?! Sure you do! In this video we show you step by step how to run a remote version of our favourite innovation workshop, Lightning Decision Jam! 

Align your team, company, or staff on the key pain points, and develop executable solutions in just one hour, that will have the maximum impact for your team, company, or business!

Our Product Design Director and workshop extraordinaire, Tim Höfer takes you through each step of the remote LDJ in our whiteboard tool of choice, Miro! Find our updated Remote LDJ template, plus the timestamps of each exercise below! 

Head over to our Lightning Decision Jam workshop resources page and find out everything you need to know about running this fantastic workshop successfully: https://ajsmart.com/ldj

Our easy to follow Remote Lightning Decision Jam Miro Template:
Download AJ&Smart's LDJ Template: https://bit.ly/2VTVKoy **

** To restore a board from backup, go to the Dashboard and click Upload from backup. A dialogue box will appear, where you will be able to choose your *.rtb board backup file. After you confirm your choice, the board will be restored.
https://www.miro.com

Timestamped stages:

(00:00) Intro from our CEO Jonathan Courtney
(00:47) Intro to Remote LDJ + Overview Slides
(01:02) Intro To Remote LDJ Workshop Participants
(01:34) Step 1 - The Sailboat Exercise - Listing The Positives
(03:42) Step 1 - The Sailboat Exercise - Presenting The Positives
(05:26) Step 1 - The Sailboat Exercise - Listing The Negatives
(06:40) Step 1 - The Sailboat Exercise Pt. 2. - Presenting The Negatives
(07:03) Step 1 -  The Sailboat Exercise Pt.3. - Voting On The Negative
(08:06) Step 2 - Prioritising The Problem 
(09:33) Step 3 - Reframing The Problem - 'How Might We...'
(11:14) Step 4 - Ideate Without Discussion 
(12:25) Step 4.b - Read + Vote On Solutions 
(13:25) Step 5 - Prioritising Solutions
(14:29) Step 6 - The Effort / Impact Scale 
(16:57) Step 7 - Decide What To Execute On
(18:03) Overview Slide
(18:11) Outro

Miro:
https://miro.com/

Workshop Requirements:

Ideal group size
To make this exercise worthwhile you’ll need a range of input and opinions, but you don’t want so many people that the logistics of running the exercise gets difficult. You can technically use the LDJ with just 2 people, although we usually recommend a minimum of 3. An ideal size is 4 to 6
people, and the maximum is 8 (more than this and the whiteboard gets crowded and the sticky-notes become hard to keep track of). 

Total time needed
The times we’ve suggested in the exercise are more of a guideline and may only be relevant to the first time you run through it. The exercise itself usually takes between 30–45 mins. For larger groups (or tackling multiple problems) all the steps can take up to 1.5 hours.

Choose a moderator
You absolutely need to select someone on the team to take the role of the moderator. They can join in on the process but they must focus on making sure discussions don’t break out and they need to keep the time. We rotate this role at AJ&Smart.

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How To Run A Remote Workshop! Lightning Decision Jam (2020):
https://youtu.be/0iVQYHHCTf0