Workshop Exercises: Evaluate
Head / Heart / Hand
Evaluate an idea on its logical, emotional, and practical qualities
Why: Consider logical, emotional, and practical aspects to understand impact, feasibility, and desirability
When: During idea evaluation or decision-making workshops to ensure analysis and alignment of ideas with various dimensions
Instructions for running this play
- Agree on the topic of your brainstorm. It could be evaluating a project, idea, or activity.
- Facilitate a discussion on the following topics using the following questions:
- Head (logical) - cognitive why
- How do we help people understand?
- Does it support business objectives?
- Whatβs the sense of urgency or burning platform?
- Heart (emotional) - affective empathy
- Why would someone care?
- Who will be excited about this idea?
- How will it make people feel?
- Hand (practical) - how
- How will you execute?
- What training will they need?
- Which processes and policies will need to change β and how?
- Head (logical) - cognitive why
- Decide as a group whether it makes sense to develop the project, idea, or activity further.
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