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Jump Start Workshops
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At Lion, we love diving in and getting to know you while unlocking new ways of thinking and opportunities. Here are a few of the ways we can do that together. They are flexible approaches and are typically tailored to your unique situation.
Workshop Offerings
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Innovation Workshop
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Growth Accelerator
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Research Multiplier
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Northstar Branding
Innovation Workshop
Spark your company’s innovation with our Innovation Jam. Unleash your team’s creativity and drive progress through our half-day workshop. With our collaborative brainstorming session, we’ll help identify gaps, pain points, and promising opportunities for your company’s future development.
Main Objective: Spur innovation with blue-sky ideation
Good for companies that want to:
- Launch a new product
- Brainstorm new solutions from existing experiences
- Develop a roadmap from scratch or add new initiatives to an existing one
Process
- We’ll send you a discovery audit form to fill out to establish your company’s foundation of current initiatives, solutions, and vision
- We’ll synthesize the findings which will help us facilitate a virtual workshop with your team
- We’ll run a half-day workshop with your team focused on innovation where we generate and evaluate new ideas, solve gaps and pain points
Outcome
- Executive summary of innovation insights
- Recommendations for future development opportunities
Growth Accelerator
Identify areas for growth, find product-market fit, or expand your product or service offerings with our Growth Accelerator Sprint. Our collaborative half-day workshop deep dives into strategy to evaluate internal and external factors that impact growth and provide a growth blueprint, recommendations, and a clear action plan for your company’s continued success.
Main Objective: Unlock growth potential and drive expansion through new initiatives
Good for companies that want to:
- Find product-market fit
- Expand on current offerings
- Audit internal and external processes
- Gain a competitive advantage
Process
- We’ll send you a discovery audit form to fill out to establish your company’s foundation of current initiatives, solutions, and vision
- We’ll synthesize the findings which will help us facilitate a virtual workshop with your team
- We’ll run a half-day workshop with your team focused on evaluating internal/external factors that impact growth and expansion
Outcome
- Growth Blueprint that outlines path to growth and expansion
- Recommendations for continued success
Northstar Branding:
Discover your brand’s true north with our Northstar Brand Sprint. Our half-day workshop focuses on helping you find your unique voice, messaging, and positioning so you can connect with your audience in the right way.
Main Objective: Refine your brand or product messaging to deepen the connection with your audience
Good for companies that want to:
- Discover the brand’s unique voice and messaging
- Identify or refine your unique value proposition and positioning
- Improve brand loyalty and customer engagement
Process
- We’ll send you a discovery audit form to fill out to establish your company’s foundation of current initiatives, solutions, and vision
- We’ll synthesize the findings which will help us facilitate a virtual workshop with your team
- We’ll run a half-day workshop with your team that dives into different elements of your brand’s identity, from user perception to unique value propositions.
- We’ll help align on your brand’s core identity and messaging
Outcome
- Brand Messaging Statement
- Brand Attributes Summaries
Research Multiplier:
Our Research Multiplier workshop is designed to help you drive deeper engagement and deliver value to your users. Our collaborative half-day workshop dives deep into understanding your users and identifying pain points and opportunities in your existing research operations.
Main Objective: Deepen your connection to users and deliver value with data-driven insights
Good for companies that want to:
- Build understanding of users’ needs and pain points
- Better align the product or service messaging with users’ mental models
- Improve confidence in decision-making and prioritization of the roadmap
Process
- We’ll send you a discovery audit form to fill out to establish your company’s foundation of current initiatives, solutions, and research processes and protocols
- We’ll synthesize the findings which will help us facilitate a virtual workshop with your team
- We’ll run a half-day workshop with your team focused on validating existing user insights, streamlining research operations, and driving impact using data and user-driven insights
Outcome
- Research plan that outlines objectives and goals for research
- Recommendation for user research initiatives and methodologies