Method / overview
How a Standup works
A repeatable path from “I’m stuck” to a testable next move — with the room working as a thinking partner, not an audience.
The room is a working session.
The format replaces random mingling and passive panels with a sequence: frame the problem, listen, build on offers, widen the option set, choose an experiment, and attach useful people to the next step.
Bring one live problem
Pick something current enough that new perspective could change what you do this week.
Next step →Frame the constraint
Name what is making the problem hard: evidence, time, money, behavior, access, uncertainty, or tradeoffs.
Next step →Reframe before solving
The facilitator helps the room change the question before rushing into advice.
Next step →Generate without premature debate
Use fast “yes, and” style building to create multiple plausible moves.
Next step →Choose one seven-day experiment
Select the smallest move that can produce new evidence quickly.
Next step →Close the connection loop
Make specific asks, offers, introductions, and follow-up commitments tied to the experiment.
Next step →Next move
Bring a problem worth working on.
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