I like to challenge myself and my colleagues. I like language and playing with words but what I did not do so far was wrapping it all up in a rap. So together with two colleagues of mine I wrote raps for the recaps of innovation workshops. In this case we had project on redesigned the community collaboration of a riding association. Here we go:
Fabulous, crazy, wild innovation – in just 3 days? What a provocation!
But you did a good job and surprised us a lot
How quickly the bug of Design Thinking was caught.
You came into our room and made it your lab
The results we saw at the end were just fab.
Over the river and through the woods
to the Reitervereine we went.
Petting the horses, interviewing the riders
searching for nuggets the afternoon was spent.
Telling stories,
learning about worries,
standing in the users shoes,
you figured out your point of view.
For your Persona-AHA, you knew what you had to do.
Ideation – a new sensation!
Go wild, go many, have no fears,
fail early and often, no need for tears.
Then a short stint as team lego architects
What hidden agendas did you suspect?
Fail early – fail fast – can never be wrong
Allow for reflection and go with the Gong!
Reflection on the processes, the methods and yourselves
Just do it, the books stay on the shelves.
Trust the process
Experience the experience
and go with the flow
Saving horseback ridings with post-its and Lego.
Check in, check out
Come in and be proud
warm ups in the crowd
sometimes it was loud.
Innovation is our Mission
Iteration is our Position
team, space and process
are the keys to our success.
Lots of laughter
and networking after
finding partners in crime
and go with the rhyme.
Now it’s time to receive identification
with these little pins as the verification.