Spark Canvas · 10 min
Clarity before
complexity.
complexity.
Three questions. Ten minutes. One decision direction.
10
minutes
Most strategic decisions stall not because teams lack ideas — but because the real question hasn't been named yet. Start here. Answer honestly. See what surfaces.
1
First Principles
What problem are you actually trying to solve?
Not the symptom. Not the inherited assumption. The real thing — stated plainly, in one or two sentences.
2
Futures Thinking
What's shifting in your world that makes this urgent now?
A market signal, a behaviour change, a competitive move, a regulatory shift. What's making the status quo unsustainable?
3
Design Thinking
Who is stuck, and what do they need most?
Name the person or team most affected. What are they trying to do, and what's getting in the way?
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So, what's the one decision you need to make?
Pull from your three answers. Compress it into a single actionable direction. If you can't, that's a signal — the thinking isn't done yet.
This is where most teams stop.
We're built for what comes next.
We're built for what comes next.
The Spark Canvas surfaces the question. A CoCr8 Decision Sprint turns it into a clear, committed answer — with your whole leadership team in the room, in 90 minutes.
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