25/10 Crowd Sourcing
25/10 Crowd Sourcing is a rapid idea generation and prioritization technique that allows large groups to quickly surface and evaluate actionable ideas. It fosters collective intelligence by encouraging participants to build upon each other's suggestions and identify the most promising solutions.
Use this method when you need to quickly generate a large number of ideas from a diverse group and identify the most promising ones for further development, especially when time is limited.
Solves: Difficulty generating a diverse range of ideas, dominant voices overshadowing others, and slow decision-making processes.
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Step 1: Explain the process and demonstrate an exchange-and-scoring interaction. (3 min)
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Step 2: Invite each participant to write a bold idea and a first step on an index card. (5 min)
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Step 3: Conduct five 3-minute exchange-and-scoring rounds, with milling in between. Participants pass cards, read the idea, and score it from 1 to 5. (15 min)
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Step 4: Participants add the five scores on the back of the card they are holding. (2 min)
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Step 5: Identify the best-scoring ideas by conducting a countdown, starting with "Who has a 25?" and continuing until the top ten ideas are shared. (5 min)
- Emphasize that the milling phase is for passing cards only, no reading.
- If a card has more or less than five scores, ask the participant to calculate the average and multiply by 5.
- Suggest a clear rating scale, e.g., 1 = not your cup of tea, 5 = sends me over the moon.
- Give more scoring weight to ideas with testable hypotheses.
- Ask different questions, such as "What courageous conversation are you not having?"
- Do a second round of 25/10 Crowd Sourcing that includes others not in the present group (aka Cloud Sourcing!).