To design an effective challenge profile, one should:
1) Define the potential challenge as a single question beginning with "How might we..." that summarizes all aspects to be addressed.
2) Identify a sponsor within the organization who has the power and representation to support the challenge.
3) Determine the horizon or scope of change that can be expected to help select an appropriate ideation technique.
2. • Creating a well defined challenge will help you to communicate with
stakeholders. Harvest best ideas from collaborators and discard
unwanted deviation from the scope. For each challenges identified
design a challenge profile. The suggested challenge profile will help to
determine challenge components.
4. The Potential Challenge
• The potential challenge usually
starts with the statement: How
might we…?
• The statement would be in a
single sentence that resume all
the aspect we want the
challenge to cover.
• The challenge can include
constraints like “without
additional employment”.
• Keep concepts and wording
simple.
5. The Sponsor
• It is important to have someone
who is willing to support the
challenge within the
organization.
• The sponsor must have enough
power enforce decision and run
the challenge within the
organization.
• The sponsor must be in position
to represent all stakeholders
taking part to the challenge.
6. Horizon
• Knowing your Horizon and what
you want to do.
• Will help in understanding the
scope of change you can expect
around this challenge.
• Horizon and wants is something
you should assess as team.
• Both these information would
be determining to select the
appropriate ideation technique.