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The How might we...? question is an important concept that helps you navigate and ideate around a certain question, topic or challenge. By starting each sentence with “How might we ..." the conversation maintains focus on generating new ideas and possibilities.

How to use

• The MethodKit with [...] can enhance HMW questions.
  • Rapid ideation - swapping out cards each time the question is asked.
  • Adding layers - combining multiple cards in order to increase complexity.
  • Zooming in - asking very specific and niched questions.
  • Combining ideas - embracing the unexpected that comes from combining seemingly unrelated fields.

Constructing HMW... questions

According to d.School

• Amp up the good: HMW use the kids’ energy to entertain fellow passengers?
• Remove the bad: HMW separate the kids from fellow passengers?
• Explore the opposite: HMW make the wait the most exciting part of the trip?
• Question an assumption: HMW entirely remove the wait time at the airport?
• Go after adjectives: HMW we make the rush refreshing instead of harrying?
• ID unexpected resources: HMW leverage free time of fellow passengers to share the load?
• Create an analogy from need or context: HMW make the airport like a spa? Like a playground?
• Play against the challenge: HMW make the airport a place that kids want to go?
• Change a status quo: HMW make playful, loud kids less annoying?
• Break POV into pieces: HMW entertain kids? HMW slow a mom down? HMW mollify delayed passengers?

Links

"How Might We" Questions

Resources

HMW-Worksheet.pdf