Ever thought about looking at something from a different angle?
Ever tried to forget everything you think you know about something and start again from blank?
During a planning session we like to get our whiteboard (or whatever colour, we ain't no Trump types over here) and draw a square with a topic or section heading above it. Everything we think we know, we write in the box. Therefore there can be no repeats of what we already know.
E.G - UX journey for an online dashboard. We KNOW that our user base wants a map to be front and centre and the main navigation element. So we box out and write 'map' inside. No one needs mention the map again, we know this already. Think of something else and forget the map, look at the overall plan from a different angle.
Check out Nychos looking at things from a different perspective, amazing! His street art is simply awesome. Check him out. Another we'd love to work with one day.