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5 Steps to Run a Successful Virtual Brainstorm Session

Leapfrogging

Brainstorming is an art and science. Over the past 25 years, I have run hundreds of brainstorming workshops for high-performing teams. The problem is that most brainstorming sessions stop with a big list of ideas. Because successful brainstorms aren’t about technology at all. Get focused.

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Virtual Innovation Sessions in 5 Simple Steps

Leapfrogging

Because successful brainstorms aren’t about technology at all. In a single sentence, describe the challenge, problem, or topic of your brainstorm. Be sure everyone understands the norms for the brainstorm. Set a timeline and due date for results. That fact doesn’t change in a virtual world.

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Innovation Teams in a Virtual World

Leapfrogging

The problem is that most brainstorming sessions stop with a big list of ideas. Because successful brainstorms aren’t about technology at all. In a single sentence, describe the challenge, problem, or topic of your brainstorm. Be sure everyone understands the norms for the brainstorm. Get focused.

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

Adopting crowdsourcing also implies change – most importantly, change in the organizational culture – and the change management process is never easy. This sentiment was eloquently expressed in a 2010 Visions Magazine article by James A. Crowdsourcing and Brainstorming – What are they So Often Confused?

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

Adopting crowdsourcing also implies change – most importantly, change in the organizational culture – and the change management process is never easy. This sentiment was eloquently expressed in a 2010 Visions Magazine article by James A. Crowdsourcing and Brainstorming – What are they So Often Confused?

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

Adopting crowdsourcing also implies change – most importantly, change in the organizational culture – and the change management process is never easy. This sentiment was eloquently expressed in a 2010 Visions Magazine article by James A. Crowdsourcing and Brainstorming – What are they So Often Confused?

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TOP TEN TIPS FOR CREATIVITY

Michael Michalko

Alan Lightman novelist and physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Creativity is enhanced by having a prepared mind, and then being stuck on a problem. Success Magazine awarded Thinkertoys with a Gold Medal for being “one of the best of the best business books.” Trust it and it will it happen. multiple times.