Target Audience:
- Hackers in pre-formed teams
Suggested Prerequisites:
- None
Workshop Goals:
- Get familiar with the process and concept of innovation
- Understand the development and identification of ideas
- Build skills such as creativity, teamwork, and communication
- Get hands on experience using the entrepreneurial mindset to identify and attempt to solve a problem
Description:
Hacking the Ideation Process is a hands on session that examines the concept of innovation and breaks down the process within the context of business. The session focuses on innovation as a solution to a problem and will challenge Hack the North participants to identify a clear problem, generate creative ideas, and choose their final solution.
Content Breakdown:
- Examine the concept of innovation and ideas, and what makes a ‘good’ idea great
- How do you know you have a ‘real’ problem to work with?
- Idea generator with brainstorming and creativity tools
- Reframing assumptions
- Rapid validation to get feedback for your idea or product
- Final solution framework
- Next steps and wrap up
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