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The Remarkable Benefits of Digital Brainstorming

Qmarkets

The False Promise of Traditional Brainstorming. In 1948, Alex Osborn, a partner in the famous advertising agency B.B.D.O. There is, however, a big problem with Osborne's idea of brainstorming: It doesn’t work! Why Traditional Brainstorming Does Not Work.

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Why You Need to Defer Judgment During the Ideation Phase of a Brainstorming Session

Idea Champions

Big thanks to Val Vadeboncoeur, Idea Champions' Director of Training, for this timely article on the importance of deferring evaluation during the ideation phase of a brainstorming session. This principle of "deferring evaluation" of ideas until later has been a bedrock principle of brainstorming ever since. Why does this work?

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Strategies for Successfully Establishing Sales in a New Market

Tullio Siragusa

Ideate: Generate a wide range of ideas for solutions. Encourage brainstorming and out-of-the-box thinking. Advertise job openings in relevant industry publications and online job boards. Define: Clearly define the problem or opportunity that needs to be addressed. This can be a simple mockup or a more detailed prototype.

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Interview Jeffrey Baumgartner: How to get one amazing idea

Idea to Value

However, frustrated with the lack of end-product coming out of most brainstorming sessions, he developed a new way to approach the problem: Anti-Conventional Thinking. In my recent interview with him, we talk about the research behind why brainstorming is so ineffective, and how companies can use Anti-Conventional Thinking.

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The Four Currents of a Culture of Innovation

Idea Champions

It's easy to wax poetic about the topic (and a lot of people do), but too much of the stuff I've been reading sounds like bad advertising copy for motherhood and apple pie. Have you figured out how to get real feedback and input from your customers -- how to include them in your ideation process? Brainstorm Facilitation Training.