A guide to running a great ideation workshop for UX Designers

Research clearly shows that meetings have drastically increased in length and frequency over the past 50 years. We spend a lot of our working hours in meetings, but I doubt if the quality of meetings has gotten any better. On the contrary, I think the majority of us might agree on the fact that most meetings suck!

And we all know the importance of a meeting’s quality. This HBR article goes as far as concluding that better meetings mean a better work-life balance and hence a better life! As stated in the article, for one thing, every minute spent in a wasteful meeting eats into time for solo work that’s equally essential for creativity and efficiency. For another, schedules riddled with meetings interrupt “deep work”.

In our day-to-day job, we share important information with our colleagues through meetings, plan projects, give and receive feedback, generate ideas, make critical decisions, etc. And yet, a huge amount of our time is spent in meetings that are either unnecessary or unproductive. So it is crucial we take the responsibility to better manage our time (which is not the topic of this article) or try to improve the structure of meetings we attend.

Working closely in a cross-functional team of product, engineering, and UX, I’ve been able to experiment and create a process for…