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Crazy Eights: How Sketching for 8×1 Minute Can Help You Be Creative

The Design Sprint technique for generating ideas fast under pressure.

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What you'll learn

  • How time constraints force creative thinking (the constraint-creativity paradox)
  • The Crazy Eights exercise step-by-step — no drawing skill required
  • How to use rough sketches to communicate and evaluate ideas quickly
  • When to use Crazy Eights in a design sprint, ideation session, or workshop

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