Start a conversationInnovation workshop design & facilitation
When teams rely on the same conversations, assumptions and ways of working, they tend to arrive at familiar answers.
Breakthrough Innovation designs and facilitates structured innovation workshops that help teams think differently — whether the challenge is creating the next product or rethinking how work gets done.
The real reason teams call
Organizations don’t call because they need a workshop. They call because something important needs to change.
A product portfolio needs fresh ideas
A process isn’t working well enough
A team is stuck in familiar thinking
Different perspectives need to become one direction
Innovation needs to become tangible
A complex challenge needs focused attention
Innovation engagements
What could we create that doesn't exist today?
When the next product isn't obvious, more brainstorming isn't the answer. A structured innovation process helps teams challenge assumptions, look at existing resources and opportunities differently, and build a direction forward together. Through carefully designed tools, creative constraints and expert facilitation, teams are pushed beyond familiar patterns of thinking and into new territory of what's possible. The result isn't simply more ideas. It's genuinely different thinking, shaped into promising new product directions.
How could this work fundamentally better?
Processes evolve over time. New steps are added, workarounds become routine, and what once worked well can become unnecessarily complex. Innovation workshops create the space to step outside the way things are currently done, uncover what's getting in the way and explore different ways the work could happen.
The goal isn't simply to make the existing process more efficient. It's to help teams question assumptions, rethink what's possible and build a better way forward.
The method behind the work
Structured thinking for new products and better processes
Define the opportunity before generating solutions. For a new product, that means clarifying the need, opportunity and constraints. For a process, it means understanding what isn't working and where change could create the greatest value.
Challenge the assumptions keeping current thinking in place. Structured innovation methods help teams see existing products, resources, workflows and constraints differently—opening possibilities that conventional brainstorming may not uncover.
Move from possibilities to purposeful exploration. Carefully designed exercises guide the team through generating, building on and developing ideas, while drawing on the different expertise and perspectives in the room.
Turn possibilities into promising directions. Ideas for new products or improved processes are developed, evaluated and prioritized so the team can identify what is worth taking forward.
Move the strongest ideas toward action. The team leaves with clear priorities, ownership and practical next steps for developing a product concept or putting a process improvement into motion.
The difference is in the design
The thinking begins long before the workshop does.
Methods create freedom without losing focus.
The process is deliberately non-hierarchical.
Possibilities become priorities, ownership and action.
“I have been to many brainstorming/process mapping sessions in my past, but I have to tell you,
and I mean this sincerely, this session was one of the best ones I have seen. Well-prepared, fun, open discussion, stayed on time (Lisa’s rules), and we learned how we can improve what we do in a positive way.
Your preparation work showed.”
About Lisa
Innovation Workshop Designer & Facilitator
With more than 20 years of consulting and facilitation experience, Lisa has designed and led sessions for organizations ranging from growing businesses to large enterprises across manufacturing, professional services, government and the nonprofit sector.
Her work spans new product development, process innovation, complex problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration. She brings together structured innovation methods, human-centred design and carefully designed facilitation to help teams move beyond familiar thinking and discover possibilities they couldn't see from inside the problem.
Lisa is known for creating thoughtful, highly structured sessions that challenge assumptions and make room for every voice in the room. The result is fresh thinking, stronger decisions and a clear path forward.
Start with the challenge
You don’t need to know exactly what kind of workshop you need. Start with the business challenge.