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Challenge Priority Matrix
Understand

Challenge Priority Matrix

Align on which challenge is worth your time and effort.
Design Screener
Understand

Design Screener

Align on the ‘who’ involved in the research.
Empathy Interview Guide
Understand
Keytool

Empathy Interview Guide

Conduct your first consumer interviews.
HMW Statement Builder
Understand
Keytool

HMW Statement Builder

Explore potential innovation concepts.
Journey Map
Understand

Journey Map

Journey Map A journey map is a tool designed to help you better understand how a consumer is solving a problem. Completing a journey map will help you identify unknowns.
Linear Unpacking
Understand

Linear Unpacking

Make sense of your interviews and get to insights.
Opportunity Sizing
Understand

Opportunity Sizing

Make a quick guesstimate on the value of a consumer problem.
Persona
Keytool
Understand

Persona

Visualize and better understand your consumer segment.
Research Scan
Understand

Research Scan

Ensure that work is building on existing research, not duplicated.
Scoping Canvas
Understand

Scoping Canvas

Align on the scope of your innovation project.
Team Canvas
Understand

Team Canvas

Align your team on goals, purpose, roles, and skills.
Value Proposition Builder
Understand

Value Proposition Builder

Create a clear “pitch” of how our solutions can add value.
Assumption Mapper
Keytool
Prototype

Assumption Mapper

Identify and prioritize your key assumptions about desirability, viability, and feasibility.
Experiment Cards
Prototype

Experiment Cards

Plan your experiment and move from assumption to validated learning.
Experiment Picker
Prototype

Experiment Picker

Select the right type of experiment to validate your key assumptions.
Experimentation Plan
Keytool
Prototype

Experimentation Plan

Map out all your experiments in one place, delegate actions, & keep your team informed.
Horizon Planning
Prototype

Horizon Planning

Map your goals over the short to long-term.
Observation Tracker
Prototype

Observation Tracker

Uncover consumer insights through observation
Pitching Canvas
Keytool
Prototype

Pitching Canvas

Build the storyline of your pitch, covering: Understand, Envision, Prototype.
Prototyping Canvas
Prototype

Prototyping Canvas

Quickly isolate and test your key assumptions.
Service Blueprint
Prototype

Service Blueprint

Improve interactions rather than products.
Storyboard
Prototype

Storyboard

Prototype your solution by visualizing user interactions.
Validation Interview Guide
Prototype

Validation Interview Guide

Design your interview script with guided prompts to get feedback from your consumers.
Analogy Thinking
Envision
Keytool

Analogy Thinking

Identify and apply the best features from other solutions.
Ballpark Figures
Envision

Ballpark Figures

Make a guesstimate of the value your solution will generate.
Build it Break it Fix it
Envision
Keytool

Build it Break it Fix it

Evolve your concept by anticipating challenges.
Concept Cards
Envision
Keytool

Concept Cards

Add depth and complexity to your ideas.
Crazy 8’s
Envision

Crazy 8’s

Kick-start your ideation session.
Features Mapper
Envision

Features Mapper

Clarify a solution by focusing on key features.
How-now-wow Matrix
Envision

How-now-wow Matrix

Map and rank your ideas based on the difficulty of implementation.
Idea Shopping Cart
Envision

Idea Shopping Cart

Evaluate your ideas and decide what’s key to include in your solution.
Market Scan
Envision

Market Scan

Raise threats and provide situational context.
Opposite Thinking
Envision

Opposite Thinking

Come up with non-obvious ideas by challenging assumptions.
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