The Diverge-and-Converge Technique for UX Workshops

By first working independently on a problem and then converging to share insights, teams can leverage the benefits of both work styles, leading to rapid data analysis, diverse ideas, and high-quality designs.


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Summary: By first working independently on a problem and then converging to share insights, teams can leverage the benefits of both work styles, leading to rapid data analysis, diverse ideas, and high-quality designs.



Are you an introvert who hates meetings and finds pleasure from thinking in solitude? Or do you get excited when you can discuss ideas with others and work side by side with them toward a common goal? Working alone and working with others have each their own advantages and disadvantages. In this article, we define a collaborative technique that combines the two in order to maximize the work quality and efficiency: diverge and converge.

The Diverge-and-Converge Technique

The diverge-and-converge collaboration method has two stages:

When team members diverge, they research, analyze, generate, or design independently, without discussing thoughts or findings with others.  When team members converge, they share their findings, insights, ideas, or designs with one another.



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