From...to exploration

Getting familiar with the board. The four columns represent the following: Aspects:** Aspects are key areas of the project that you think need to innovate (improve/change). Could be specific services, features, or even departments. Trends:** "where we've been" and "where we may be headed". You can show how "hot" a trend is by using different sticky note colors. For example, use the red sticky note to show trends that are becoming predominant and grey for those trends that are dying. From:** These are you and your team's conventions and assumptions and the things that are currently happening. Including " What is now" and what you believe is conventional like "a discussion environment is a boardroom" or "employees are more effective working at the office". To:** Base on your knowledge and understanding of all the trends start imagining "what might be". Reframe current conventions and believes and think about the new generation and how they will reframe things that are now standard.

Discussion: Add a list of aspects you think need to be redesigned and reframed and needs to innovate.

Discussion Discuss with the team and select five and add them to the "Aspect" column. Identify all the latest trends and changes affecting the project. If the project is "the restaurant industry" during a pandemic you may add trends related to "food pick up", and "delivery services". You may need to give everyone 20-30 mins to work in silence and gather information from online websites, etc. Add them to the "trends" column. Describe current perspectives based on conventions and add them to the "from..." section. You may ask yourself: What is now? What do I believe is true? What seems to be the right way for my generation or older generations?

Now you have a table with trends and conventions, and you need to reframe your current beliefs and current conventions to imagine what would happen in the future. During this step, you will be answering the question: "What might be..." Look at the "From..." column as if it is saying: This is now, but I think [X] is what might be. Your new future perspective should keep trends in mind. You can organize all the sticky notes to track your thinking process better.

How could these new perspectives lead your team and your organization to innovation and growth? Which of these new perspectives do you think your organization will be able to deliver and lead? Copy any key perspective sticky notes to conclusions for future reference.