Motivation
Everyone is talking about AI, ChatGPT, and prompts. Integrations and plug-ins are a little quieter, although work is certainly in progress in many areas. And sometimes it doesn’t take much effort to combine great tools via a plugin.
Challenge
As a retrospective facilitator, it is essential for me to evaluate and observe a variety of perspectives and thoughts. To be able to process these ideas better, I reformulate them with the team into “How might we” (HMW). This leads to more effective problem-solving and the development of innovative, practical solutions that address real team needs.
This step of reformulation takes time and needs practice. But thanks to AI, this hurdle should be a thing of the pas or gets improvement in general.
Solution
Get ChatGPT integrated into FigJam via a plugin, so you can work with the content created, as the content written down on post-its, without leaving FigJam. This saves time and everything stays in one place.
How does it work? After everyone presents their points, we collaborate to group and sort the post-its, and rephrase the subjects via the plugin as “How might we” questions. Therefore the content run through a prompt which I have developed and refined. Also the “Rephrase” and “Abbreviate” buttons run a prompt on the created HMW. Now everyone is able to produce viable HMWs. Ultimately, it is crucial to check the content. Think of the plugin as a companion to help you develop concepts so you no longer have to start with a blank page. Its primary purpose is not to solve your problems, but rather to speed up your progress.
Next steps The plugin layout takes into account future functions that can be added. What features will follow remains to be seen. For now, it’s being tested.