LabStorms: A Dynamic Space for Collective Problem-Solving & Brainstorming
LabStorms are collaborative problem-solving sessions designed to help an organization wrestle with a feedback-related challenge, with the goal of providing actionable suggestions.
LabStorms are collaborative problem-solving sessions held every two weeks, on Thursday mornings at 10:30 – 11:45 AM ET, where a group of innovators convenes to help the presenting organization tackle challenges in their feedback projects and prototypes. The session begins with a 15-minute overview from the presenting organization about their work and the challenges they are facing, ending with three specific questions that they would like help answering. Attendees offer creative ideas for how to tackle challenges, and share their own experiences with similar challenges. Presenters leave the session with a few actionable leads, meaningful connections, and new ideas they can apply to their feedback challenges.
Collaboration, reciprocity, and community have always been a part of the ethos of LabStorms. Since the community has blossomed and grown over the past few years, we made these implicit values explicit through LabStorm community guidelines. These guidelines reflect the spirit of LabStorms and the values we continually uphold as a community.
These guidelines reflect the spirit of LabStorms and the values we continually uphold as a community.
We commit to participating in LabStorms with the ultimate goals of helping the presenting organization work through challenges in their feedback projects and prototypes and collaborating to build the feedback field.
We commit to being thoughtful about who we invite to LabStorms in order to foster useful and productive conversation. We may share the invitation with colleagues or friends, but will not publish the invitation on social media, listservs, or any other form of mass communication.
We commit to contributing in a reciprocal way in order to keep the LabStorm community strong. Organizations that present a LabStorm agree to also participate in other organization’s LabStorm sessions.
We commit to collaborating with other LabStorm community members rather than duplicating their work for our own benefit. These sessions are an opportunity to learn and share together and promote collaboration rather
We commit to keeping LabStorms a space for honest sharing and problemsolving by following the Chatham House Rule.
