OTTAWA COUNTY
CREATIVITY PLAYBOOK
The Ottawa County Creativity Playbook is a repository of information designed to promote collaboration and innovation in the workplace. It consist of both Kata and Design Thinking plays. The Design Thinking plays can be followed as a full process or individually as needed to help teams get “unstuck”.
About the Ottawa County Creativity Playbook
Ottawa County is one of the fastest growing counties in Michigan that attracts and retains a talented and diverse workforce, supported by a County staff that meets needs and exceeds expectations. By understanding and regularly using Kata or Design Thinking tools and methods in our daily work, we will put people first in our efforts to deliver high quality services that meet actual needs in our communities.
HOW WE INNOVATE
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FIND INSPIRATION
BRAINSTORM IDEAS
SEE A NEW PERSPECTIVE
MAKE A DECISION
DEVELOP A PLAN
BUILD A PROTOTYPE
Featured Tools & Resources
Develop a PDCA
Experiment toward the condition and develop a PDCA.
Six Thinking Hats
Maximize collaboration, stimulate creativity, and improve the team decision-making process.
Empathy Map
Empathizing with your stakeholders by imagining what they think, see, hear, and do.
OUR DESIGN THINKING PROCESS
discover
I have a challenge
How do I approach it?
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interpret
I have learned something.
How do I interpret it?
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ideate
I see an opportunity.
What do I create?
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experiment
I have an idea.
How do I build it?
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implement
I tried something new.
How do I evolve it?
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