Idea Surgery Workflow
Use Cases
Download this workflow to help you share your ideas.
Learn the Use Cases
Assess the ways you can use Idea Surgery to benefit your team, your work, and your ideas.
Uplevel Your Ideas
Hone your ideas to communicate them more effectively with the audiences that matter most.
Get Support
Take your ideas to the next level! Let us help you make actionable strategies with Idea Surgery.
This worksheet is intended to be used with our You Have an Idea- Here’s How to Share It training at GovLoop’s NextGen virtual summit.
What is Idea Surgery?
The Idea Surgery Process helps you break down complex ideas into manageable components, just like performing surgery on the tangled mass of thoughts to reveal clarity and structure.
“Wendie’s approach to Idea Surgery helped me visualize the areas of my life that are important to me and where I spend most of my time.
Which led me to shift away from the areas that were out of alignment.”
-Curt Belvins,
Stronger in 90
Field tested for impact
What’s the Difference Between Idea Surgery and Mind Mapping?
This process for strategic planning was tested with over 20 coalitions, grantees, clients, and communities across the country before it was ever made public.
Traditional mind mapping only shows you what’s happening visually.
Idea Surgery is a set of tailored prompts and protocols to help you move through the mind mapping and strategy development process quickly and efficiently.
Works with Teams or Solo.
Idea Surgery has been used to help social entrepreneurs and teams of up to 100 people develop strategies that make a lasting impact.
Get Clarity. Get Results.
