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  A Design Sprint team is greater than the sum of its parts.

  What does this mean? How is it possible? And, what will happen to all the solo geniuses out there?

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  Design Sprint: Facilitator tips for Friday.

  This is the fifth and final part of a 5-part instalment of Design Sprint tips, focussing on test day. Today is the day all of our hard work turns into actionable insight.

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  Design Sprint: Facilitator tips for Thursday.

  This is the fourth part of a 5-part instalment of Design Sprint tips, focussing on prototype day. We’re going to be ‘faking it ‘till we make it’, by designing and building a prototype in just 1 day!

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  Design Sprint: Facilitator tips for Wednesday.

  This is the third part of a 5-part instalment of Design Sprint tips, focussing on decision day. The pivotal part of the sprint week. We decide which solution to go for, refine it, and create a storyboard with just enough detail to enable the prototype to get built.

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  Design Sprint: Facilitator tips for Tuesday.

  This is the second part of a 5-part instalment of Design Sprint tips, focussing on sketch day.

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  Design Sprint: Facilitator tips for Monday.

  Here’s our first part in a 5-part instalment of Design Sprint tips. We’re going to do a deep dive into tricks and techniques we use to get the most out of the exercises each day.

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  Design Sprint Traps (and how to avoid them)

  You're heading into a Design Sprint. Maybe it's your first, maybe it's not. Whatever your experience, each Design Sprint is unique.

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  Fake agile: How to fix it with Design Sprints

  Your organisation claims to be agile. Designs Sprints can help.

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  How does music make you more productive?

  We created a playlist to accompany our design sprint workshops.

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  Does Crazy 8s time pressure get the better of you?

  How to get the most out of your team, no matter their design capabilities.

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  Crazy 8s Timer iOS App

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