Continuing Top tips for running effective workshops
Top tips for running effective workshops
Alison Coward at People Skills for UXers (2015)
Related reading
Books, research, ideas and people referenced in this talk.
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Books
- Gamestorming07:43The speaker calls Gamestorming a good book for workshop exercises and uses its term artifacts for the material created during a workshop.
- Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World for Success and Influence09:50The speaker names Heidi Grant Halvorson while describing divergent thinking as promotion-focused and convergent thinking as concerned with risks. Book title is inferred from that framework (not spoken).
- Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration14:36The talk cites Leigh Thompson (ASR heard as Lee Thompson) on debunking myths about group creativity and brainstorming.
- The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work30:19The speaker names The Progress Principle while explaining that diary research linked visible progress with keeping teams engaged and happy at work.
Concepts
- Brainstorming and Creative Problem Solving11:17The speaker credits Alex Osborn with developing brainstorming and says its rules separate idea generation, withhold judgement and combine ideas.
Papers and articles
- Why Some Teams Are Smarter Than Others17:47The speaker cites a New York Times piece about teams being stronger when contributions are equal, members read social cues and the group is more diverse.

