1 Hour Innovation Workshop - Lightning Decision Jam (LDJ)
Channel: AJ&Smart
Date: 2020-04-15

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Need to innovate or problem-solve quickly? Lightning Decision Jam is THE workshop for your innovation / problem-solving needs. 

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!

It really is our 'go-to' workshop here at AJ&Smart, and in this video our CEO Jonathan Courtney will walk you through step-by-step exactly how to run and facilitate this powerful workshop. 

All supplies and exercises are listed and time-stamped below: 

(00:00) Intro
(01:08) Definition, Overview & Purpose of a Lightning Decision Jam
(02:46) Supplies (see below for links)
(04:44) Examples of broad challenges 
(05:32) How Might We (definition & examples)
(09:26) Beginning of the LDJ
(09:27) The Sailboat (exercise)
(10:11) Step 1 (Start with the things that are working)
(12:26) Step 1 (Recap)
(12:49) Step 2 (Capture all the problems) 
(13:45) Step 2 (Examples - What’s holding us back)
(15:31) Step 3 (Prioritise problems)
(18:48) Step 4 (Reframe problems as standardised challenges - HMW)
(22:05) Step 5 (Ideate without discussions)
(24:06) Step 6 (Prioritise solutions)
(27:03) Step 7 (Decide what to execute on)
(28:01) Step 7 (Effort / Impact scale)
(34:07) Step 8 (Make solutions actionable)
(37:37) End of LDJ
(37:40) Closing statement (When to use LDJ and its advantages)
(38:45) Outro (our resources)

Supplies needed:

Thick Markers (We use Sharpies)
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Sharpies&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Visual Timer (We like to use Time Timers)
https://www.timetimer.com/collections/all

Voting Dots (different colours / sizes)
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Voting+Dots&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Clean surface / Whiteboard (We use Magic Paper where needed)
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=magic+whiteboard&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Rectangular Sticky Notes
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Rectangular+Sticky+Notes&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Square Sticky Notes (2x Colours)
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Square+Sticky+Notes&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Background Music (Spotify Playlist):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6PMm6utBmLJ13SGSgZE5Gu?si=qWFWEwmyT328LHX3vdn3FQ

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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