Facilitating Innovation

From Problems to Solutions

Innovation Teams & Facilitators

2 days

Online | Face to Face

Ready to move beyond facilitating meetings? Master the art of guiding teams from complex problems to breakthrough solutions using design thinking as your foundation. Turn innovation sessions into measurable progress.

What is it?

You can run meetings, but innovation sessions are different, they're messier, more ambiguous, and require a completely different facilitation approach. Learn how to take teams from "we have a problem" to "we have a tested solution" using proven design thinking as a base.

You'll experience the essential tools, practice with real innovation challenges, and learn to spot and avoid the assumptions that kill great ideas before they start. Full of practical insights that you don’t learn from books.

Who it's for

Experienced facilitators, innovation team leads, design thinkers, and change agents who want to guide teams through the complete innovation journey. Perfect if you have facilitation experience and want to specialize in innovation methodology.

What you will walk away with

Problem framing expertise - Help teams focus on the right problem before jumping to solutions
Essential innovation tools - Personas, customer journeys, assumption mapping, and rapid prototyping and more
Assumption mapping - Teach teams to surface and test the beliefs that could derail their innovations
Testing fundamentals - Guide teams through user interviews and validation without bias
Divergent/convergent thinking - Know exactly when guide teams to open up ideas and when to focus down

"Finally, a training that shows you how to facilitate the messy reality of innovation. I can now guide teams from vague problems to tested prototypes with confidence."
Innovation Team
"The assumption mapping alone was worth it, I had no idea how many projects fail because nobody questioned the basic beliefs. Now I know how to help teams surface and test those crucial assumptions."
Innovation Team
"Finally, a training that shows you how to facilitate the messy reality of innovation. I can now guide teams from vague problems to tested prototypes with confidence."
Innovation Team
"The assumption mapping alone was worth it, I had no idea how many projects fail because nobody questioned the basic beliefs. Now I know how to help teams surface and test those crucial assumptions."
Innovation Team
"Finally, a training that shows you how to facilitate the messy reality of innovation. I can now guide teams from vague problems to tested prototypes with confidence."
Innovation Team
"The assumption mapping alone was worth it, I had no idea how many projects fail because nobody questioned the basic beliefs. Now I know how to help teams surface and test those crucial assumptions."
Innovation Team
"Finally, a training that shows you how to facilitate the messy reality of innovation. I can now guide teams from vague problems to tested prototypes with confidence."
Innovation Team
"The assumption mapping alone was worth it, I had no idea how many projects fail because nobody questioned the basic beliefs. Now I know how to help teams surface and test those crucial assumptions."
Innovation Team

"Finally, a training that shows you how to facilitate the messy reality of innovation. I can now guide teams from vague problems to tested prototypes with confidence."
Innovation Team
"The assumption mapping alone was worth it, I had no idea how many projects fail because nobody questioned the basic beliefs. Now I know how to help teams surface and test those crucial assumptions."
Innovation Team
"Finally, a training that shows you how to facilitate the messy reality of innovation. I can now guide teams from vague problems to tested prototypes with confidence."
Innovation Team
"The assumption mapping alone was worth it, I had no idea how many projects fail because nobody questioned the basic beliefs. Now I know how to help teams surface and test those crucial assumptions."
Innovation Team
"Finally, a training that shows you how to facilitate the messy reality of innovation. I can now guide teams from vague problems to tested prototypes with confidence."
Innovation Team
"The assumption mapping alone was worth it, I had no idea how many projects fail because nobody questioned the basic beliefs. Now I know how to help teams surface and test those crucial assumptions."
Innovation Team
"Finally, a training that shows you how to facilitate the messy reality of innovation. I can now guide teams from vague problems to tested prototypes with confidence."
Innovation Team
"The assumption mapping alone was worth it, I had no idea how many projects fail because nobody questioned the basic beliefs. Now I know how to help teams surface and test those crucial assumptions."
Innovation Team

How it works

Duration: 2-day intensive training focused on innovation-specific facilitation
Format: Face to face or online delivery
Group size: 4-8 participants for maximum hands-on practice with innovation challenges
Facilitated by: Innovation experts with 200+ Design Sprints and 10+ years transforming ideas into solutions
Approach: 65% practice with real innovation challenges, 35% methodology and advanced tools
Geographical coverage: Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and Asia

From our HUMAN+AI lab

Session design and planning support - AI helps participants create detailed session plans and serves as a sparring partner for designing the right interactions and flow for innovation workshops
Keeping innovation human-centered - Learn how to use AI as a support tool while maintaining the human connection and creativity that makes innovation workshops truly transformational
Essential AI toolkit for facilitators - Master the must-know AI tools that modern innovation facilitators need to enhance their practice without losing the personal touch

About the Orange Minds AI Lab

In Our AI research lab we explore how AI can be deployed within innovation and facilitation. We translate our own internal research into new applications to make our and your work smarter and more creative.