Not your average workshop *

Not your average workshop *

Bad Ideas Workshops

90-minute Strategic Reset

Developed at Google to help high-pressure product teams trash perfectionism and restore momentum. Engineered for Design, Engineering, and Product partners to move from "stuck" to shipping—together.

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-UX Director @ Google

Overview

Our workshop bypasses corporate "theater" and use zero-stakes play to unblock the friction points that lead to stalled innovation and team attrition.

Who needs a reset?

  • For Enterprise & Big Tech: You’re shipping at scale but hitting the "perfectionism trap." We help your XFN teams restore psychological safety and bypass the "polite friction" that stalls innovation.

  • For Mid-Size & Growing Teams: You're scaling fast and the original creative spark is thinning. We help you build a durable culture of play that protects your team from burnout as you grow.

  • For Scrappy Startups & Agencies: You don't have time to be "precious." We provide a zero-stakes intervention to help you trade "over-thinking" for immediate velocity.

Workshop includes:

  • Expert Facilitation: Led by Google UX Leads

  • Enterprise Scaling: Exercises tailored for team dynamics

  • The Bad Ideas Digital Toolkit: Artifacts to use in team brainstorms

Bad Ideas Brochure featuring guidelines on how to "be bad"

What to expect

01

Origin & Science

The “why” behind the burnout

02

Reflection

Identify what creates flow and what blocks it

03

Embrace absurdity

Innovate with the Bad Ideas Card Game

04

Make messy magic

Flip “terrible” ideas into genius ones

Bad Ideas Workpad

05

The Handover

Walk away with the Bad Ideas Toolkit to keep the magic alive.

Why “Bad” ideas?

Because perfectionism kills imagination.

The best breakthroughs don't come from working harder; they come from thinking differently. Let's give your team the permission they need to be brilliant again.

Benefits

Trash creative block

Reduce Stress

Connect & build trust

Outcomes

  • Bias for Action: Move from ideation to execution faster.

  • Radical Alignment: Rebuilt trust across partners (including Design, Eng, and PM)

  • Mental Unblocking: A practical toolkit to maintain creative flow under pressure.

  • Psychological Safety: A team culture where the "weird" idea is shared first, leading to the breakthrough the competition missed.

“It was refreshing to work without the pressure of perfection, and I walked away not just with a new toolkit, but with a stronger connection to the team.”

— Interaction Designer @ Google

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