Day 1 — Form Your Summit Team
Day 1 is about becoming a team before becoming a project. You will only have about 30 minutes of actual team working time at the end of the day. Most of the day is designed to help you meet people, explore ideas, and form a team.
Because time is limited, focus only on what is essential to start Day 2 well.
By the end of Day 1, your Summit team should have:
- Introduced yourselves
- Written 2–3 team norms
- Chosen a simple decision rule
Do not try to do questions, hypotheses, product direction, data work, methods, notes cleanup, or results on Day 1.
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D1-A — Introduce yourselves
Main page: People
Each person should briefly share:
- What you work on
- Why you came to the Summit
- What you might want to create
Keep this fast. One sentence per person is enough.
Use the in-person name cards to guide the conversation:
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D1-B — Create team norms
Main page: Team Norms and Decision Making
Write 2–3 norms only. Keep them simple and actionable.
Good norms sound like working agreements, not generic values.
Use the Team Norms activity if your team wants a worksheet for recording decisions and checking agreement.
Examples:
- We will pause when someone says they are lost.
- We will make decisions visible before moving on.
- We will treat everything as a draft until the team agrees it is final.
D1-C — Choose how you will make decisions
Main page: Team Norms and Decision Making
Pick one simple rule.
Examples:
- Quick vote for small choices
- Consensus for major direction changes
- Move forward unless someone has a strong objection
Add one sentence describing your decision rule.
Day 1 finish line
You are done when you have alignment, not results.
Before leaving, your page should have:
- People
- 2–3 team norms
- One decision rule
If you have those, you are exactly on track.