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STEAM SPRINTS

Tackle product, service, or strategic challenges and test new ideas in days with our collaborative, creative problem-solving sprints.

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WHO

Businesses and public and third sector organisations

WHAT

Face-to-face or online collaborative workshops

COST

Flexible depending on your needs

DURATION

1-5 days

What is a STEAM Sprint?

Our quick, intensive and collaborative STEAM Sprints guide your team through a process called ‘design-thinking’ that helps you get under the skin of a business challenge you’re trying to tackle, making sure you’re solving the right problem.

You’ll work with your colleagues to generate ideas for new solutions, and working closely with our team, you’ll develop the skills and mindset to think creatively about stubborn challenges.

Testimonials

The STEAM Sprint has allowed us to develop, progress and advance the project. Thanks to STEAMhouse, the project progressed from an abstract idea to an early clickable prototype

Dr Anamaria Churchman Chartered Psychologist and Founder at William Tuke Foundation

The techniques that STEAMhouse guided us through enabled some great insights we had not imagined and ideas and solutions came about through a highly collaborative, interactive and creative approach

Richard Haynes, Innovation Manager Walsall Housing Group

Who’s it for?

Businesses who want to adapt and diversify their portfolio and focus resources on strategies and initiatives that work. Our aim is to support the development of services that get into the right market and reach the right audience.

Public and third sector organisations who want to re-orientate around what people need and deliver on it. By understanding and breaking down complex systems, we work with teams to reveal the bigger picture, and support stakeholders to collectively identify opportunities for change.

How can a STEAM Sprint help?

UNDERSTAND, DEFINE AND PRIORITISE WHAT PROBLEMS TO WORK ON

Analyse the problem from the perspective of customers, communities and systems, to help you and your team make better decisions, faster.

EMPATHISE WITH CUSTOMERS, USERS, OR COMMUNITIES

Get to know the audience you’re creating solutions for. Understand their experience of your product, service or project and uncover opportunities to serve them better.

GENERATE NEW IDEAS FOR PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR PROJECTS

Learn how to use creative idea generation techniques that enable you to think outside the box and come up with fresh solutions.

CREATE A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP OVER THE PROJECT OR PROBLEM

Bring your key stakeholders together to develop a shared understanding and make unified decisions.

CUSTOMISE THE SPRINT AGENDA

Adjust the STEAM Sprint agenda to suit your needs to ensure it tackles the right problems. Every enterprise is unique, so each STEAM Sprint is tailored to your needs.

INITIATE A STEAM SPRINT

Want to collaborate with STEAMhouse to overcome a challenge, solve a problem or generate new ideas?

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Challenges a STEAM Sprint can tackle

ARE YOU STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF CUSTOMERS, USERS OR COMMUNITIES?

A STEAM Sprint will help you get to the bottom of what customers really want and prioritise how you’ll meet those needs.

DO YOU NEED TO THINK CREATIVELY, EXPERIMENT, AND EXPLORE A WIDE VARIETY OF IDEAS?

During a STEAM Sprint, you’ll learn various methods used by the world’s most imaginative organisations to generate ideas that meet real needs.

DO YOU NEED TO LOOK AT A PROBLEM FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES?

A STEAM Sprint puts a rigorous process behind collaboration to avoid you going round in circles and help you work well with others who bring their own unique expertise.

DO YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO QUICKLY CREATE NEW PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR PROJECTS?

There’s no faster way to collaborate with multiple stakeholders to create the strategic building blocks for your next big idea.