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

Innovation Workshop
Growth Accelerator
Research Multiplier
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