#417 How FigJam Helps Us Shape Ideas Quickly

In the past several weeks, we’ve had a lot of concurrent projects that needed fast ideation. For a small team, sharing ideas early and often is essential to turning rough concepts into solid ones. FigJam has helped us tackle three main challenges:

FigJam makes it easy for everyone to contribute, iterate, and keep our projects moving forward. Here’s how we use it:

FigJam is a space where anyone—not just designers—can jump in and contribute. It’s simple to add photos of sketches, drop virtual sticky notes, or leave comments. Everyone can share quick ideas or detailed feedback without learning complex tools, keeping conversations flowing and ensuring all voices are heard.

We use FigJam to quickly work through ideas, focusing on exploration rather than perfection. You can copy elements, tweak versions, and build on each other’s ideas—saving time compared to starting from scratch or aiming for pixel-perfect mockups. Once we identify a strong direction, we bring it into Figma to refine it into a polished, shippable design.

FigJam’s real-time interface means our team can collaborate without file sharing, with everyone seeing updates instantly. Once we make significant progress, I like to record a walkthrough video so that folks can catch up in their own time, avoiding the need for extra meetings. This keeps the process simple and helps us align quickly.

By allowing us to focus on creativity rather than perfection, and keeping the process streamlined and transparent, FigJam helps us move faster and ship a refined design sooner.

While we have some ongoing work to do to ensure our web traffic stays healthy, we’ve seen some strong sign-up weeks lately. Our meeting activity has been moving back up and to the right. Overall we’re excited about the opportunity ahead of us, expanding in new ways to serve our customers.

…started our 2 week cool-down before the next Shape Up cycle. We are at the ‘betting table’ looking at the progress we made in the last 6 weeks and deciding where to focus our time for the next cycle. More to come next week!

…reviewed customer feedback from the last cycle. During our cool-down week one thing we do is review all the feedback from our customers for the previous 6 weeks. This helps us decide where we can best focus our efforts considering our strategy, goals, and opportunities.

…made significant strides toward enhancing our Mattermost integration. We’re wrapping up our first milestone so we can better serve our customers who use Mattermost and Parabol side by side.

…meet up with potential customers at TechNet Indo-Pacific in Hawaii. We’re looking forward to developing new relationships at this trade show.

…have a tech demo showcasing our progress from our last Shape Up cycle. We’re looking forward to shipping these new enhancements including team insights, our Mattermost integration, and admin features.

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