The workshop loop, in one place.Five tools and a Kanban board that take you from 'I noticed something' to 'here's what we shipped.'
Reframe
Take a rough insight and sharpen it into a problem worth solving.
Next Great Thing
Generate a divergent set of ideas fast, then promote the ones with legs.
Filter
Pressure-test ideas against your audience, context, and constraints before you commit.
Pitch
Shape a promising idea into a crisp narrative you can share and defend.
Steal like an artist
Borrow proven patterns from adjacent fields and adapt them to your context.
Progression
Move ideas through a Kanban from insight to HMW to hypothesis to resolution.
For students. For instructors.
Whether you're working the progression yourself or guiding a cohort through it, BIG Tools meets you where you are.
For Students
Workshop participants, makers, and anyone practicing the BIG Ideas process.
- Capture insights and sharpen them with Reframe
- Generate and filter ideas with NGT, Filter, and Steal
- Track your progression from insight to resolution
For Instructors & Hosts
Faculty, workshop facilitators, and organizers running BIG Ideas cohorts.
- Give students a shared toolkit and vocabulary
- See how ideas evolve across a cohort
- RTL support (Hebrew) and language toggle built in
Built for the BIG Ideas workshop.
Every tool is designed to help students and facilitators do the actual thinking work — not just organize it.
