The Solution Sprint
Fresh thinking on a real business challenge, without taking your team off the job
A short film on how a sprint runs and what a team walks away with.
A real problem, solved while your team learns how
Got a business challenge that needs fresh thinking, a customer experience that could be better, or an AI opportunity worth exploring?
Most teams know the problem is worth attacking. What they do not have is the time to step away from the day job, or a reliable way to get from a fuzzy problem to something they can actually test.
The Solution Sprint gives them both, and a team comes away with three things at once.
Real solutions
Teams finish with prototyped answers to a live business challenge, shaped around the people they affect and ready to take forward.
Innovation skills
They pick up the essentials of human centred innovation along the way, learned on real work rather than in the abstract.
Lasting agility
The way of working stays with them, so the next challenge gets tackled the same way without needing us in the room.
Virtual problem solving programme
The Solution Sprint
A virtual problem solving experience from the innovation experts at Treehouse.
Over four two-hour virtual workshops across four weeks, a team tackles a real business challenge and learns the essentials of human centred innovation, without being taken away from their day jobs.
- 4 virtual workshops
- 2 hours each, over 4 weeks
- One real business challenge
- Expert facilitators
How a sprint runs
With the help of expert facilitators, participants use innovative methods to move from a fuzzy problem to something they can put in front of a real user. AI tools accelerate the work at every stage.
Uncover insights
Get close to the people affected by the challenge and work out what is really going on.
Identify opportunities
Reframe the problem so the team is solving the version of it that is worth solving.
Generate ideas
Push past the first obvious answer and build a wide set of options quickly.
Prototype the best
Turn the most promising ideas into something concrete enough to test and learn from.
Two ways to run it
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A dedicated sprint
One team, focused on the challenge in front of them.
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Quarterly challenges
Talent brought together from across the business, so the capability spreads as the problems get solved.
What teams leave with
Solutions worth taking forward
Practical innovation skills
A shared way of tackling the next problem
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Read storyWhy work with Treehouse?
We are a London-based innovation consultancy and a trusted change partner to clients in healthcare, legal, finance, FMCG, media and more.
Over the past 15 years we have helped leaders and teams around the world build innovation skills, strengthen collaboration, and develop lasting cultures of innovation. We specialise in working inside risk-averse, time-poor and delivery-driven organisations, which is where this work is hardest and matters most.
Frequently asked questions
Do we need to have the challenge fully defined?
No, and it is often better if you do not. We work with you before the first session to frame it so the team has something specific enough to get their teeth into but still open enough to explore.
How many people can take part?
We size it to the challenge and discuss it up front. Small enough that everyone contributes, large enough to bring different perspectives to the problem.
Is it really only two hours a week?
Yes, four sessions of two hours across four weeks. There is light work between sessions, mostly talking to people affected by the challenge, which is deliberately kept to what a normal week can absorb.
How much of this is about AI?
AI runs through the sprint as an accelerator rather than as the subject. We show teams where it genuinely speeds up the work and where human judgement still has to lead. No technical background is needed.
Can you run it across time zones?
Yes. The sprint is virtual by design, which makes it straightforward to run across offices and regions.
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Sprints work best where leaders have already made curiosity and experimentation feel safe. Leading Innovation is the immersive programme that builds that in senior teams.
See Leading InnovationGot a challenge worth a sprint?
Tell us the problem you would put in front of a team. A senior member of our team will talk it through and help you frame it into a sprint.