Description Long

During the Turnaround, participants are invited to identify a problem related to a specific topic. Each person writes down one problem on a sheet or a Post-it note. Each problem should only appear once. The problems are then presented to the whole group and passed on to a different person. This person is then asked to develop a possible solution to the problem.

The solution is made more concrete by answering the 5 W questions:

• What? (What can the solution do? What is its function?)
• When? (When is the solution useful? In what kind of situation?)
• Who? (Who benefits from the solution? Who are the people involved?)
• Where? (Where is the solution useful?)
• How? (How is the solution used? How can it offer support?)

The answers are written down in the document or on a sheet of paper. Each person then presents their solution to the group.

Preparation

• Online: Prepare a template for the 5 W questions and set up a folder for uploading the documents. You may also use tools such as Miro or Google Docs to answer the 5 W questions digitally.
• Offline: Prepare Post-it notes, pens and paper, as well as a template for the 5 W questions.

Execution

1. Write down a problem.
2. Present the problem to the other participants.
3. Pass the problem on to another person.
4. Develop a solution.
5. Make the solution more concrete using the 5 W questions: What? When? Who? Where? How?
6. Present the solutions to the other participants.

Hints from experience

• The more creative the problems are, the greater the chance that a creative and original solution will emerge.
• It is important that the problems are passed on to another person, so that participants do not continue working on a topic for which they already have a solution in mind.
• For online workshops, Miro (https://miro.com/) can be used.

Tools list

• Questionnaires (thematisch, vorgefertigt)

References