Round Robin

You already have a rough outline of an idea, but you want to develop it further. Thinking about what the next ‘version’ of the idea is will help evolve it into a more robust and fully formed solution. Collaboration doesn’t get more ruthlessly efficient than this.

Try Idea Eight beforehand to get initial ideas. Follow with Idea Beetle or Rose, Thorn, Bud to evaluate and improve the best ideas.

1. Give everyone a piece of A4 paper and ask them to fold it into four equal sections.
2. With the paper in portrait, ask the group to write the name of their idea and the problem it solves at the top.
3. Give them 5 minutes to draw their idea in the top left box with enough detail that someone can understand it without explanation.
4. Afterwards, instruct everyone to pass their paper to the person on their left.
5. The next person should look at the previous idea and develop it further, drawing their version in the next section of the paper. They can also include a statement about why the previous idea would fail.
6. Repeat until all the sections of the paper are full.
7. Ask everyone to put their final idea into a T-Bar Format and present them back to the group.
8. Decide which ideas to evaluate with Secret Vote. If you have a lot of ideas, consider prioritising them with Impact Effort Map.