TORCH
The best of Design Thinking and Lean with a new multidisciplinary and multisensory ideation methodology on top.
Why Torch
What is Torch adding to the leading innovation methodologies?
Design Thinking
Torch makes the ideation stage of Design Thinking more explicit. It specifies in detail a powerful ideation methodology with concrete strategies, tools, techniques and exercises to accelerate and empower your ideation processes. It also combines the best of design thinking with other aspects of the lean philosophy.
Lean
Torch complements Lean because its powerful ideation methodology helps Lean processes stay innovative. It also combines the best of Lean with key aspects of Design Thinking.
Design Thinking + Lean
In summary, Torch combines key aspects of Design Thinking and Lean, taking the best of both and adding on top its powerful ideation methodology.
Torch
The ideation methodology is the core of Torch. Torch goes all out by specifying a multidisciplinary, multisensory and multi-intelligent approach that trains your creative muscles and accelerates the process of generating original and innovative ideas. Torch gives you the specific tools and strategies you need so that you can focus on what matters: generating those innovative ideas and solutions you need.
The right mix
The secret of an innovation process that is fast enough and divergent enough, lies in combining the right kind of convergent ingredients and enough quality divergent ingredients. Torch gives you the fastest recipe to get that right.
Convergent Ingredients
They are information directly related to your challenge. You need to illuminate enough of these and of the right kind.
Divergent ingredients
You launch your torches far away to illuminate concepts and information that are less connected to your starting point.
Multidisciplinary
Torch helps you illuminate a very diverse field of divergent ingredients by using multiple disciplines and senses. This enriches enormously the process and accelerates the generation of innovative ideas.
Mixing it all
To generate innovative ideas that are relevant to your challenge, convergent and divergent ingredients have to be combined in the right way. That process has some key requirements. Torch guides you through the process of getting that mix right.
From seed to model.
Five stages take you from the seed of your challenge to a well specified solution.
SEED: You set a starting point and understand what convergent ingredients you hold at the start.
NURTURING: Time to nurture your seed. You gather the rest of the convergent ingredients you need, synthesize all your convergent knowledge and refine your definition of the challenge.
IDEATION: The core of Torch. Time to gather divergent ingredients in a multidisciplinary and multi-sensory way, making use of specific strategies, techniques and tools that Torch gives you. Combining your convergent and divergent ingredients in the right way (DITS process), you generate innovative ideas.
PROTOTYPE: To get feedback about your ideas, you build prototypes. In response to the feedback you get, you refine ideas and prototypes, iterating the process.
MODEL: It’s time to study in more detail the viability of implementing the generated solutions. We use a variety of tools including BMCs.
Torch Events
Bring Torch to your organization. Host a Torch event onsite or remotely. We adapt to your needs. Torch keeps reaching more and more institutions. Some examples are below.
Below are some of the options you can choose from.
Full day or less
We organize day events that can last between 3 and 8 hours. These are typically focused on the ideation stage of Torch.
Multiple days
To apply the full methodology, it is recommended to do multi-day events.
Conferences & Talks
Hosting a Conference or Talk about Torch is a great option as well. Conferences can last from as little as 20 minutes to as much as two hours.
Remote Training
Remote training using videoconferencing and similar tools is also available. We adapt to your needs.
Event Pictures
Below you find pictures from some previous Torch events.
Licence for extra support
Torch is a methodology that anybody can use for free. We offer a licence for those institutions, groups, schools, academies, etc that wish to apply it to large groups and want extra support. The licence gives you resources that facilitate enormously its application and use. It includes:
- Infographics, videos and other visual material related to all aspects of the methodology.
- Extended access for groups to all ideation tools of Torch.
- Personalized support on key dates throughout the year.
- Customized planning to bring Torch to your institution.
- Initial training session for facilitators and teachers.
Torch Metaphor Video
Watch a video filmed in Silicon Valley, where entrepreneurs represent the Torch metaphor at ocean beach in San Francisco.