👋🏽 Hey friends,
Back in the lockdown days, digital whiteboards became our lifeline.
They kept projects moving when we couldn’t meet in person.
I still use them monthly to map customer journeys and brainstorm with teams. But there’s always been a downside: every session ends with a wall of sticky notes and half‑formed ideas.
Turning that chaos into something useful can take hours. And honestly, that kills my momentum.
I recently started using FigJam AI (made by Figma) for digital brainstorms.
It’s not another chatbot; it’s AI embedded directly into the whiteboard.
In our AI roadmap workshop earlier this year, we ended up with dozens of stickies.
Instead of manually sorting them, I used FigJam’s “Summarise” feature.
In about a minute it generated clear bullet points explaining key themes and why they matter.
Figjam AI changed how I approach ideation.
It shows that being AI‑first isn’t about replacing creative thinking.
It’s about trusting AI with the tedious bits so you can focus on the work that matters.
Let me show you how to do just that, when it comes to digital whiteboard-ing.
📌 What Exactly Is FigJam AI?
FigJam AI is a collection of built‑in tools designed to speed up common whiteboard tasks. You can:
- Summarise sticky notes: FigJam condenses the content into bullet points and even elaborates on why each point matters
- Rewrite summaries into emails or documents: Choose “Rewrite this” and it turns your notes into a draft email or other format
- Generate flow charts & decision trees: Ask FigJam to create a flow for a specific process (e.g. onboarding). It auto‑builds a basic flow with start, decision points and end states
These features turn FigJam into a thinking partner that automates synthesis without taking over your ideas. That’s the beauty of it and why I love it.
It shows how AI can assist us and make our daily lives easier.
🧠 How I’m Using FigJam AI
✅ Summarising workshops
During our AI roadmap session, I highlighted a cluster of stickies and clicked Summarise.
FigJam produced concise bullet points with context.
I copied those into our project doc and was done in minutes.
AI handles the boring part—organising ideas—so you can move to action faster.
✅ Drafting follow‑up emails
Once the summary was ready, I opened the Jambot widget, chose Rewrite this, and linked it to the summary.
It wrote a clear, professional update to all my stakeholders. I tweaked what I needed and hit send.
You’re starting from something tailored to your context, not a generic template.
✅ Building flows in seconds
For our nurture workflow project, I used the Flow Chart option.
FigJam created a basic path for new and returning user.
I adjusted the steps, added extra decision points and we had a visual process ready.
The best part: It’s easier to refine a structure than to build from scratch. Figjam AI jump starts that process.
✅ Getting unstuck creatively
When brainstorming interactive onboarding ideas, I clicked Ideate on our flow chart.
FigJam suggested quizzes, personalised checklists and gamification.
We didn’t use everything, but it sparked directions we hadn’t considered.
It’s like having a junior designer in-home designer share ideas so you can pick and refine the best ones.
📈 Why This Matters
AI isn’t just chatbots now; it’s quietly embedding itself into every tool you use.
FigJam AI is a great example of using AI to take the grunt work out of synthesis.
Summarising notes and drafting follow‑ups are tasks I trust AI with because the stakes are low and the gains in speed are huge.
It helps me get from sticky-note hell to a clear plan in minutes.
The bigger goal here is becoming AI‑first in a practical way.
If I can cut my synthesis time in half, that frees me to experiment more, iterate faster and focus on creative thinking.
That’s the real promise of AI in our tools.
🫡 Final Thoughts
FigJam AI is my new favourite assistant for workshops and planning.
It creates summarises discussions and sparks new ideas without overwhelming me with options.
It’s one of those AI teammates I trust because it speeds up the tasks I’d rather not do by hand.
Try it on your next brainstorm: run a session, use “Summarise,” turn the output into an email or flow chart, and see how much time you save.
If you find a clever use case, hit reply. I’d love to hear it.
To smarter workshops and AI‑first workflows,
Nahid
