#HowIPM Ideate in Less than a Day
#HowIPM - Bi-Weekly Product Management Tips and Tricks · 2025-04-15 · 2 min
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Joni Hoadley, Product Manager Coach & Consultant - and passionate traveler - shares a fast, collaborative way to move from ideas to validation in less than a day. When you need to go from brainstorming to prioritization fast, Joni’s structured 5-step workshop process helps you align your team, uncover your best ideas, and move quickly into testing and prototyping. Joni’s 5 Steps to Edit in Less Than a Day: 1️⃣ Bring the right people together - PMs, designers, devs, marketing - anyone close to the customer. 2️⃣ Post-it Note Time! - One idea per note. Let the creativity flow. 3️⃣ Group by theme - Organize ideas into clusters to spot patterns. 4️⃣ Vote on the top 3 - Prioritize as a group based on impact. 5️⃣ Pick a winner - Select the best idea to prototype and test. This simple, high-speed method keeps everyone focused on customer value, not just brainstorming. Perfect for lean teams, hack days, and time-boxed innovation sprints.