Design Workshops That Turn Debate Into Decisions

Figma's real-time collaboration reduces review cycles by 25-50%. Our facilitated workshops use FigJam and Figma to align cross-functional teams on design direction in hours, not months.

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Collaborative Design Workshops

Facilitated design workshops using FigJam and Figma for ideation, alignment sessions, design sprints, and collaborative problem-solving with cross-functional teams.

What's Included

Everything you get with our Collaborative Design Workshops

Pre-Workshop Planning

Stakeholder interviews, goal definition, and custom activity design so the workshop addresses your specific decision gaps -- not generic exercises.

FigJam Activity Templates

Custom-designed FigJam boards for each session -- affinity mapping, dot voting, crazy eights, user journey mapping, and prioritization matrices.

Live Facilitation

Expert facilitation that keeps sessions on track, ensures every voice is heard, and drives toward actionable decisions rather than open-ended discussion.

Real-Time Figma Sketching

Live concept sketching in Figma during workshops, turning abstract ideas into visual solutions that participants can react to immediately.

Workshop Synthesis & Report

Organized documentation of all decisions, action items, voted priorities, and design directions captured during the session -- ready to share with the wider team.

How We Run Your Workshop

Stakeholder Discovery

We interview key stakeholders to understand the specific decisions, tensions, and knowledge gaps the workshop needs to address. No generic agendas.

Session Design

We design custom activities, FigJam boards, and time-boxed exercises based on your specific goals -- whether that's aligning on product strategy, solving a UX problem, or kickstarting a design sprint.

Pre-Workshop Prep

We brief participants, share pre-read materials so everyone arrives informed, and test the technical setup for remote or hybrid sessions.

Facilitated Workshop

We run the session with structured activities, time management, and facilitation techniques that keep energy high and discussions productive.

Synthesis & Handoff

We compile all workshop outputs into an organized report with decisions, action items, priority rankings, and design concepts -- ready for your team to execute.

Key Benefits

Compress Months of Meetings Into Hours

Structured workshops with real-time visual collaboration resolve alignment questions faster than any meeting cadence. Teams consistently reach decisions in one session that would otherwise take weeks of back-and-forth.

Include Every Stakeholder Without Chaos

FigJam's structured activities give everyone equal input -- from vocal executives to quiet engineers. Dot voting and anonymous ideation prevent HiPPO (highest paid person's opinion) dynamics.

Move From Ideas to Testable Concepts Fast

Workshops don't end with sticky notes. We sketch solutions in Figma during the session, so teams leave with visual concepts they can test -- not just agreement on abstract principles.

Build Cross-Functional Buy-In

When engineers, designers, and product managers co-create a solution, they own it. Workshop-generated designs face far less resistance during implementation because the builders helped shape them.

Research & Evidence

Backed by industry research and proven results

Product Strategy Workshop: 4 Months of Debate Resolved in 3 Hours

Cross-Team Design Sprint: New Feature Concept in 5 Days

Frequently Asked Questions

Can workshops be run remotely?

Yes. Figma and FigJam are built for remote collaboration. We've facilitated hundreds of remote workshops with teams across time zones. The structured activities actually work better remotely in many cases because FigJam eliminates the dominant-voice problem of in-person meetings.

How many people can participate in a workshop?

We recommend 5-12 participants for decision-making workshops and up to 25 for ideation sessions. Larger groups work when we split into breakout teams that reconvene for voting and prioritization. We design the facilitation format around your group size.

What's the difference between a workshop and a design sprint?

A workshop is typically a focused 2-4 hour session aimed at a specific decision or problem. A design sprint is a 5-day structured process that goes from problem definition through prototyping and user testing. We facilitate both formats and recommend the right one based on what you need to accomplish.

What happens after the workshop?

You get a synthesis report with all decisions, action items, and design concepts documented. If the workshop generates design directions that need further development, we can continue into prototyping, design system work, or any of our other Figma services.

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