Post-Up

Object of play

Te goal of this game is to generate ideas with silent sticky note writing.

Number of players

1–50

Duration of play

10 minutes to 1 hour

How to play

There are many ways to work with ideas using sticky notes. Generating ideas is the most basic play, and it starts with a question that your group will be brainstorming answers to. For example: “What are possible uses for Product X?” Write the question or topic on a whiteboard. Ask the group to brainstorm answers individually, silently writing their ideas on separate sticky notes. Te silence lets people think without interruption, and putting items on separate notes ensures that they can later be shufed and sorted as distinct thoughts. Afer a set amount of time, ask the members of the group to stick their notes to the whiteboard and quickly present them.

If anyone’s items inspire others to write more, they can stick those up on the wall too, after everyone has presented.

Strategy

Generating ideas is an opening activity, and a frst step. From here you can create an affnity map or a bottom-up tree, or further organize and prioritize the thoughts.

The Post-Up game is based on the exercises in Rapid Problem-Solving with Post-it® Notes by David Straker.

From the book: Gamestorming - A Playbook for innovators, Rulebreakers and Changemakers