A simplified Crazy 8s exercise to rapidly brainstorm ideas.
Context 📒
Design/brainstorming sessions can take hours. Use this simplified version of the popular “Crazy 8S” exercise to quickly come up with impactful ideas.
Instructions📗
Crazy 4s exercise (pick paper or digital) 🎨
Paper version
Take a piece of paper, fold half twice—open it back up and you should have 4 equally divided sections.
Set the timer to 4 minutes—sketch 4 quick ideas/wireframes per section.
Airdrop/move them to the 4 sections in the board here. Elaborate on the ideas using the stickies provided.
Go over the ideas with your team—vote on the top ideas.
Digital version
Voting 🗳️
Each participant takes 2 min to go over their Crazy 4s.
Use the Chikoritas and Meganium sprits to vote (place them over your favotite ideas. Chikorita = 1 point, Meganium = mega vote = ... well, more than 1 point!
Done—go populate your backlog!
