Process

Five stages of a FlashLab

This section will give you a big picture view of the whole process of a FlashLab and the following sections will then go on to take you through each of these steps in more detail.

1: Look and Listen

In this stage you will:

  • Look around you
  • Listen to needs

Ask: What would be helpful to create? What do your people need? What is the problem you arewanting to fix? Or what opportunity could you serve?

2: Think and Explore

Taking what you discover above, you then:

  • Come up with lots of ideas (Try brainstorming as many ideas as you can!)
  • Take time for your brain to rest
  • Play with the ideas
  • Choose the best idea to take forward
3: Make and Create

Once you have something to make:

  • Start creating it
  • Edit and complete a draft
  • Complete any design elements
4: Test and Refine

Test your draft – it does not need to be the final version:

  • Test it in a real setting
  • Get feedback
  • Refine it based on feedback
  • Finish it
5: Share and Multiply

FlashLabs are all about equipping and resourcing others, so the final stage is:

  • Share it
  • Translate it
  • Celebrate!
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