Amhad Jamal by Philippe Agnifili via CC

"Let’s face it: you may not actually solve your wicked problems in two days. Maybe this focus on brevity and results is misguided and unrealistic. Instead of obsessing about manically sprinting, it’s time we focus on jamming instead. The Design or Innovation Jam.

"I think jamming instead of sprinting would have a couple of huge benefits to our innovation efforts:
"- It would remove the unrealistic expectation that your team will solve a wicked problem in two or three or five days.
"- It would encourage collaboration, curiosity and experimentation rather than focusing on completing set tasks.
"- It would critically give people time in between jams to think by themselves. We make a huge mistake in not prioritizing this but I’ll bet that no true innovation has occurred without it.
"- It would encourage us to invite new band members into the jams. To inspire or test us."                                                                                                          -  Rich Nadworny

Article: Stop Sprinting and Start Jamming