As soom of you my fellow might now I’m passionate about the topics New Work and Innovation and facilitating problemsolving processes that help teams to reach a certain goal.
In this living document I collect and share useful resources that also might help you and your team to work better together: With more compassion, creativity, intelligence, inclusion and fun.
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Facilitation Practices
Design Thinking / UX / Service Design
- How to build creative confidence TED Talk by David Kelley
- What is Design Thinking? by HPI School of Design Thinking Potsdam
- https://www.designthinking-methods.com/en by msg systems AG
- https://designthinking.ideo.com by IDEO
- Design Dash – A quick introductory design thinking exercise by Molly Clare Wilson
- Design Thinking Resources by ideoU
- Great online courses about Innovation and Design Thinking by openHPI
- Remote Design Thinking by Laïla von Alvensleben
- Online courses about Human Centered Design by Acumen Academy
- 101 Design Methods by Vijay Kumar
- Creative Confidence by David & Tom Kelley
- http://ajjuliani.com/design-thinking-activities/
- The Guide to Design by UX Collective
- Built for Mars – UX Case Studies
- The variety of design thinking processes
Design Methods
- Product Design Methods Overview by UXplanet.org
- Core, Extend, Jump Method for content hierarchy and strategy by UX Collective
- How to use storytelling for better UX by UX Collective
- The Psychology of Design: 101 Cognitive Biases & Principles That Affect Your UX by growth.design
- Persona Non-Grata
- Tarot Cards of Tech
- Laws of UX
- https://principles.design/
User Research Methods
- Difference of Qualitative and Quantitative UX Research by Dominic Rogers
- The “Why” Behind Qualitative User Research by Nick Babich
- Paper about the Cultural Probes Method by Carmen Luippold (hi Carmen 👋), Katja Thoring and Roland M. Mueller
User Research Articles
- Design research is only as good as the action it enables by Kajsa Westman
User Research Tools
Brainstorming Techniques
- Virtual Brainstorming by HPI D-School
- Brainstorming by IDEO U
- Brainstorming Resources by IDEO U
- Starfish Method by Flavia Bleuel
- Ideation Methods by Board of Innovation
- For Better Brainstorming, Tell an Embarrassing Story by Leigh Thompson (Harvard Business Review)
- ABC-Method by Vera Birkenbihl (german)
- KaWa-Method by Vera Birkenbihl (german)
- Six Hats Method by The TRIZ Journal
Prototyping
- Scenes Toolkit by SAP
Participatory Design / Co-Design / Co-Creation
Testing
- https://uxdesign.cc/the-ultimate-notion-template-to-run-efficient-usability-tests-4a5ed9c29443
- https://www.notion.so/Usability-testing-716470724d4f46b290b3dbbefcb5d36b
Design Ethics
- Intersectionality Framework by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Compassion is better than empathy! by Tatiana Mac
- “behavior of the user is the only thing that truly matters.” – not gender by Marcus Lyra
Social, Circular, Sustainable & Design Practices
- Workshop methods by German Red Cross (german)
- Sustainable Innovation Playbook by The Dark Horse (german)
- Disruptive Design by Leyla Acaroglu
- Case Studies & Workshop Recordings by The Value Web & Alphachimp
- Circular Design Guide by IDEO
- Sustainable Business Canvas
Design Sprint
- https://designsprintkit.withgoogle.com/methodology/overview by Google
- Remote Design Sprints by Jake Knapp
- The Pessimist’s Design Sprint by Brandon Oxendine
Theory U & Presencing
- Great Introduction to Theory U by Chris Corrigan
- Theory U Resources & Practices by Presencing Institute
- Get Unstuck with the Case Clinic Method by Presencing Institute
Liberating Structures
The Art of Hosting
Future Research
- Wild Cards Method (german)
Citizen Participation
- Oasis Game by Elos Foundation
- https://www.partizipation.at/methoden.html
Visual Practices
- How to make toast (https://www.drawtoast.com)
- Tools for better thinking
- Systems Thinking
- Drawn Together through Visual Practice
- (Visual) Tools for Schools
Theories
Podcasts
- First Time Facilitator by Leanne Hughes
- Facilitation Stories
Workshop Hacks
Organizational Design & New Work
New Work
- Magazine “Neue Narrative” (german)
Organizational Transformation
- The Loop Approach (Available in english & german, highly recommended!)
- Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux
- Handbook for Digital Strategy by German Red Cross (german)
Team Development
Warm-Ups / Ice-Breaker / Energizer
- Digital Warm-Up Guide by Norman Nemitz & Rebekka Alpermann
- Ask Deep Questions Cards by Jan Keck (for deep conversations)
- https://icebreaker.range.co by Range
- https://improwiki.com/de/aufwaermspiele
- 5 Low-Threshold Team Building Activities by Trello
Check-In / Check-Out
- Check-In Questions by Unity Effect
- Workshop Spiele (german)
- https://www.sessionlab.com/blog/online-energizers
- http://tscheck.in/
- https://checkin.daresay.io
- https://www.in-visible.berlin/time2talk by Rea Eldem from In-Visible Berlin
- Online Check-In & Warm-Ups by Mural
- Emoji Generator for face warm up
Community Building & Culture Design
- Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life by Radha Agrawal
- Get Together by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, Kai Elmer Sotto
- The Little Book of IDEO
- Designing a Culture of Appreciation for Employees by Urban Sports Club (german)
- The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
Virtual Community Building
Communication Culture
Non-Violent Communication
- Nonviolent Communication: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (by Marshal B. Rosenberg)
Feedback Culture
- https://hanno.co/blog/remote-team-feedback/
- The Secret to Giving Great Feedback
- I like, I wish by ilikeiwish.org
- I like, I wish by Hyper Island
- Great article about Feedback by Deutschlandfunk Kultur (german)
- The Mom Test
Better Meetings
- How to sabotage a meeting
- Workshopper Playbook & Lightning Decision Jam
- BrainTrust Method by PIXAR (Link 1 and 2)
- Online Meeting Tools
- The Nine Elements of Transformative Facilitation
- 8 Fantastic Facilitation Playbooks for Designing Productive Nonprofit Meetings by Beth Kanter
- https://99u.adobe.com/articles/59994/the-new-rules-of-communicating-in-a-virtual-world
- https://hbr.org/2020/03/how-to-get-people-to-actually-participate-in-virtual-meetings
Decision Making
Project Management
Self-Organization
- https://gettingthingsdone.com by David Allen
- Self Leadership (Wie du dich selbst führst) by Neue Narrative (german)
Project Planning
- Project Planning Tools by Over The Fence
Kanban & Scrum
- Working Agile with Scrum & Kanban by Atlassian
Retrospective
- https://retromat.org
- Start – Stop – Continue by TU Berlin (german)
- https://www.funretrospectives.com/
Remote Collaboration & Culture
Working Remote
Remote Workshop Tools
Remote Facilitation
- The art of connecting online: 7 social innovation insights
- For a blended event, BYOD
- 10 Remote Facilitation Tips by AJ+Smart
Remote Culture
- Work Better Together by Enspiral
- Handbooks for decentralised organising by Richard D. Bartlett
- Case Study in Virtual Event Planning by Mural
Virtual Communication
Remote Tools
Remote Workshop Toolboxes
- https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com/tools/
- https://www.boardofinnovation.com/tools/
- https://www.ibm.com/design/thinking/page/toolkit
- https://toolbox.hyperisland.com
- https://open.hpi.de/courses/international-teams2019
- https://www.ahoyteam.com/guide
- https://lailavon.com/Resources
- https://hanno.co/playbooks/remote
- https://www.remotestarterkit.com/
- https://deepwork.studio/tools/
Meeting & Workshop Timer
Timer Applications
- Visual Timer for Mac and PC (Open Source & Free) for Mac and PC
- Time Timer App for Mac/PC/Android/iOS
Webtimer
Scheduling appointments
Text Tools
Collaborative Whiteboard
Project Management
OKR Management
Collective Decision Making
Video Conferencing / Synchronous Communication
- Zoom
- Zoom Guide by Jan Keck
- Around
- BigBlueButton
- Jitsi
Asynchronous Communication
Webcam Tools
Live Participation
Virtal Conferences & Events
Presentation Tools
Business Modelling & Strategic Product Design
Business Modelling for Solopreneurs
I can highly recommend all books by Ehrenfried & Brigitte Conta Gromberg (all german only)
- Business Model Produktreppe
- Die Zeit der Smarten Experten
- Solopreneur
- Smart Business Concepts
Tools
- Business Model Canvas by Alexander Osterwalder
Personal Growth & Potential Development
Books
- The Element (by Ken Robinson)
- Finding Your Element (by Ken Robinson)
- Designing Your Life (by Bill Burnett, Dave Evans)
- What Color Is Your Parachute (by Richard Nelson Bolles)
Tools for Self Reflection
- https://yearcompass.com/
- https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources/getting-unstuck
- Business Model U by Timothy Clark
Bonus
- 8 Regeln für den totalen Stillstand by Prof. Peter Kruse