This looks interesting & fun! I love how thorough this is while still allowing for a wide variety of applications.
When you transition to the original story part, what kinds of titles or themes have you used that tend to generate high engagement? Should the prompt be related to a current issue or is that too heavy? For context, I'm wondering whether this might work with a project team I know of, and I'm considering how closely it should relate to a real problem vs. whether it should be more of a fun parallel.
A team were working on the release of a product that kept getting delayed. They were pretty tired and fed up with the delays, which were outside their control. I asked them to imagine the day the product finally gets released and tell me a story about the following days/weeks. So the title of their story was ‘Product Name - Finally In Customer Hands’. And their story highlighted the things they were most product of along with 1 or 2 concerns they had - which led to an interesting discussion afterwards.
We think you can be lighthearted about real problems if you do it in a way that demonstrates a lot of empathy and providing you have sufficient context.
Ooh, I love that example. I bet it boosted their motivation because they were envisioning success, while still keeping them grounded in the parts of the projects that needed attention, for better or worse. Makes sense. And empathy and context are the key combination :} Thank you for elaborating!
This looks interesting & fun! I love how thorough this is while still allowing for a wide variety of applications.
When you transition to the original story part, what kinds of titles or themes have you used that tend to generate high engagement? Should the prompt be related to a current issue or is that too heavy? For context, I'm wondering whether this might work with a project team I know of, and I'm considering how closely it should relate to a real problem vs. whether it should be more of a fun parallel.
Hi Laura. Good question. Here's an example.
A team were working on the release of a product that kept getting delayed. They were pretty tired and fed up with the delays, which were outside their control. I asked them to imagine the day the product finally gets released and tell me a story about the following days/weeks. So the title of their story was ‘Product Name - Finally In Customer Hands’. And their story highlighted the things they were most product of along with 1 or 2 concerns they had - which led to an interesting discussion afterwards.
We think you can be lighthearted about real problems if you do it in a way that demonstrates a lot of empathy and providing you have sufficient context.
Ooh, I love that example. I bet it boosted their motivation because they were envisioning success, while still keeping them grounded in the parts of the projects that needed attention, for better or worse. Makes sense. And empathy and context are the key combination :} Thank you for elaborating!