20 interactive facilitation tools for design thinking workshops. Pick a tool to get started — all progress saves automatically in your browser.
How Might We
Reframe challenges as opportunity questions to spark creative problem-solving.
Crazy 8s
Sketch 8 distinct ideas in 8 minutes to push past your first instinct.
Empathy Map
Visualize what users think, feel, say, and do to build genuine understanding.
User Persona
Define your target user's goals, frustrations, and behaviors in one profile.
User Journey Map
Trace the end-to-end experience a user has with your product or service.
Affinity Diagram
Group research observations into themes to surface hidden patterns.
Dot Voting
Prioritize ideas democratically with a fixed budget of votes per participant.
Prioritization Matrix
Plot ideas by impact vs effort to focus the team on the highest-leverage work.
SWOT
Assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in a single view.
Five Whys
Uncover the root cause of a problem by asking "Why?" five times.
Mind Map
Radiate connected ideas from a central concept to explore a problem space.
SCAMPER
Use seven creative prompts to transform an existing idea or product.
Lightning Decision Jam
Pick one solution without debate using a structured, time-boxed workshop format.
Fishbone
Trace causes back to their roots using an Ishikawa cause-and-effect diagram.
Brainwriting
Generate ideas silently in rounds so every voice contributes without groupthink.
Storyboard
Sketch a user's experience step by step to test and communicate your solution.
Lotus Blossom
Expand a central idea outward through eight layers of association and detail.
Reverse Brainstorming
Invert the problem — ask how to cause it — then flip the answers into solutions.
Stakeholder Map
Identify and categorize everyone affected by or influencing your project.
Service Blueprint
Visualize all frontstage and backstage components that deliver a service.