Solving big business or product questions is no joke. Especially when we try to tackle such problems during team meetings. Traditional meetings can often be very unproductive. In many cases, people lose focus and motivation is sometimes hard to find. In the worst case, you don't get around to answering those crucial business or product questions or problems.
You can easily get around this by running the short version of a Design Sprint with your team. This short version is called the Lightning Decision Jam. It’s an efficient 1-hour exercise that you can do during a team meeting, where your team identifies the problems, produces tangible solutions, and tests them before launching them.
Et voilà, the Lightning Decision Jam
The Lightning Decision Jam (LDJ) helps you avoid meetings that lead nowhere. This exercise ensures that the contribution of each team member is given weight and that everyone's point of view and opinion is heard. The LDJ is a process that leaves no room for time-wasting discussions. This exercise ensures maximum productivity and is guaranteed to pay off.
The LDJ can be used to help solve large and complex questions or problems. Any company can use it, regardless of sector or business form. A start-up of 3 people can benefit from implementing a poland telegram data Lightning Decision Jam to quickly tackle problems, but so can a multinational.
Identifying and defining the problem
For example: We need to improve our sales flow.
Defining Solutions
For example: Creative solutions or obvious solutions that may have been overlooked.
Find the best solution/next step, based on identifying the effort and impact of the best solutions.
Generate clear, actionable steps that can be implemented once the meeting is over.
Before we start…
Before we get started, there are a few things we need to get our Lightning Decision Jam started with the team:
Square post-its in 2 colours
Colored stickers (circles) for voting
Markers
A timer (feel free to use your smartphone)
A little background music (maybe not too soft for productivity)
If you are now organizing your team meetings online, you can use an online tool .