Putting the ingredients in the pot
and watching the magic happen…
Workshops are meant for people to come together, reflect on their practices or find ways to issues they are facing, help them brainstorm, iterate, and think outside the box. At Cap Sciences I’ve created and led multiple workshops, for different reasons and different audiences.
I have tailored workshops for groups that came with specific needs: change management, team building, the need to prototype ideas and explore possibilities. I have also created standard workshops around topics such as innovation and design thinking, that are still conducted today.
Clients include: Caperlan (Décathlon), ENSAM, ENSAP, YNOV Campus, C2D, Armatis, Thalès, Académie de Bordeaux (dispositif Créons Ensemble - GRP Lab), Aquitaine Developpement Innovation…
The Egg Drop Challenge
Sometimes, less is more…
Although this activity is most popular in high school physics classes, I have transformed it into a team-building adult challenge. If you’re unfamiliar with this popular STEM activity, the challenge is for kids to design a contraption using various materials (usually recyclables) to protect a raw egg from a high fall.
I’ve taken the challenge a step further, with a series of fun rules and constraints that push the participants outside of their comfort zone and allows them to discover design thinking principles hands-on.
From a one-hour sprint to a whole day of creativity, I’ve tailored this workshop for so many different kinds of groups that I could probably host it blindfolded, with guaranteed sucess!
…and sometime, it’s all-in!
Modeling Tomorrow
Creating models is a good way to structure ideas and give them a reality. Using the FabLab’s laser cutter and common modeling supplies, participants bring their ideas to life, iterate on the best way to show things, and practice their pitching skills.
This 3D workshop has been conducted with interior design students (YNOV Campus) where they had to imagine tomorrow’s science center: how can interior design convey creativity and innovation?
I have done a similar workshop with a team from a call center as a team-building activity where they organized an internal competition on the arrangement of one of their patios.
Cartography controversies
For this workshop, we had landscape architect students create physical models as mediation tools. Each team was granted by random draw, a landscape controversy from Madeleine Akrich Les griffes de l’Ours : débats et controverses en environnement. The students then had to create 3-D models that would help understand the subject, the stakeholders, the reasons for the controversy, and the current situation, using elements from the FabLab.
As a designer, I would encorage them to explore different points of view, and help them take advantage of tangible objects to serve their speech. I have created and conducted this workshop with the help of the FabLab manager Clement Pasquet 3 years in a row.
