Explore what it means to have an experimental mindset in the digital age by exploring new tools, ways of doing, thinking and working.

The focus will be on supporting participants to develop key habits and mindsets that are biased towards experimentation.

 Learning Outcomes: 

• Describe the importance  experimentation in a digital world
• Identify actions and behaviours that help or hinder experimentation;
• Apply prototyping, testing and feedback as a way to learn and iterate solutions further
• Involve stakeholders, team members in experiments
• Select and apply effective tools and techniques that support experimentation.

 Visualise your ideas 

Master the skill of articulation and visualisation. One of the reasons that the majority of our ideas do not materialise is because we remain abstract. It is hard to be specific. Continuously answering the question "how", and immediately visualising ideas or solutions is an experimental habit that distinguishes innovators from others. 

 Build, Test, Improve 

Try things out now! And my trying out we mean allowing the users to try and test out your ideas. People saying what they will do is not a predictor of their behaviour. That's why the best way to predict what they will do is by simply allowing them to use your solution. And then observe. Simulate your solution and let them respond spontaneously. Perhaps one of the most challenging experimental habits because we tend to make things perfect before bringing them out into the world to test. 

 Storytell your Idea 

The habit of storytelling with the listener's needs in mind, and using stories to engage is highly important. It is the driving skill that supports getting buy-in from key stakeholders. It is important to design for the user's needs. Yet, when getting buy-in we need to communicate our story to meet the listener's needs and expectations.

 Interactive Digital Exploration 

• Participants will go through a total of 8 hours of virtual, facilitated learning, followed by a post course assignment
• Participants are expected to dedicate 2 -3 learning hours per week spread in a duration of 3 weeks. 
• The assignment will be designed to allow participants to demonstrate that they have met the learning outcomes
• The focus will be on the practical exploration of tools and ideas and application back to the participant’s own organisation.
• Participants will be supported by the SmartUp mobile app with stimulus content, reading materials and quizzes to help them prepare for the course and continue their learning afterwards.

Hyper Island methodology is based on a learner-centered, experience-based approach. We facilitate learning journeys, where discovering, uncovering, applying and reflecting is all part of the process by which participants learn useful skills and knowledge they can apply right away.