Hopes & Fears
Create empathy and shared excitement for new initiatives
Hopes and Fears is a team alignment tool built specifically for remote teams to create empathy and shared excitement for new initiatives. It takes the tension and uncertainty out of a project launch by putting all concerns and aspirations out in the open right from the start, making it easy for distributed teams to participate asynchronously and then come together for live discussion.Participants can choose to join with their real name or remain completely anonymous - whatever feels most comfortable for honest, open feedback.
Understanding Hopes and Fears
Hopes
What outcomes are team members excited about? What success looks like for this initiative? This could include user adoption goals, business metrics, technical achievements, or personal growth opportunities from working on this initiative.
Fears
Potential risks and challenges the team wants to avoid. This might include technical debt, user experience issues, market timing concerns, resource constraints, or lessons learned from previous product launches.
How It Works
Learn how to use Hopes and Fears in your organization to jump-start and supercharge new initiatives with your team through collaborative sessions.
Create & Collect
Create a new Hopes & Fears session and share the participant link with your team to collect their hopes and fears regarding a new initiative (we recommend giving them at least 1 day to submit).
Present & Discuss
Once complete, book a time to present the teams hopes and fears and discuss. Your team simply can join using the same link to view the live presentation. Team members can upvote and comment in real-time (we recommend using a video call).
Review & Export
Review and download the results. High-voted hopes become success criteria, top fears become risk mitigation priorities
Live Presentation Demo
This is how participants see each submission during the facilitated discussion. During real sessions, participants can vote and comment in real-time while the facilitator presents each submission.
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Benefits of Using Hopes & Fears
How Does This Help?
Aligns product vision
When you see your product concerns echoed by other team members, it builds shared understanding
Enables proactive planning
Identifying potential product risks early allows teams to build mitigation into the roadmap
Drives motivation
Hearing everyone's product ambitions and user impact goals can be very energizing
Improves collaboration
Understanding what product outcomes matter to each team member enhances cross-functional work
Who Benefits from Hopes and Fears?
This team alignment exercise is especially valuable for remote and distributed teams about to begin a new product initiative, project, quarter, sprint, or collaborative process. The tool enables asynchronous participation across time zones, then brings everyone together for live discussion. For maximum impact, involve every team member when possible.
Tips for Participants
- Be honest and specific about your product hopes and concerns
- Consider user impact, business goals, and technical feasibility
- Think about lessons learned from previous product launches
- Vote and comment thoughtfully during the presentation
- Remember: this is about product alignment, not judgment