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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. I’m not going to write them here.

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ENERGIZE YOUR BRAINSTORMING

Michael Michalko

ENERGIZE YOUR BRAINSTORMING. In the same way, if we start a brainstorming session cold with a serious, uptight facilitator throwing out questions and problems to a stiff, conservative group, the chances of producing healthy ideas is minimal. When the sign was changed to “How can we make our jobs easier?”, It can be anything…….an

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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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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. That fact doesn’t change in a virtual world. I’m not going to write them here. Get focused.

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Work Backward to Drive Innovation Forward

Leapfrogging

After defining the right customer pain point and problem, brainstorm and describe the ideal solution or product that will help. When you focus on the customer in everything you do, innovation moves from an ambiguous concept into a concrete way to change the world. Magazine, a leading keynote speaker and the founder of Praxie.com.

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Fast Company’s Brainstorming Fail

Gregg Fraley

Fast Company Article “Brainstorming is Dumb” Misses the Point. Brainstorming, Done Properly, Is Not a Tool, It’s A Multi-Step Process. And yet another major publication publishes a misleading article about brainstormingBrainstorming is Dumb. Brainstorming as a technique is beside the point.

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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

Michael Michalko is one of the most highly-acclaimed creativity experts in the world and author of the best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), ThinkPak (A Brainstorming Card Deck), Cracking Creativity (The Secrets of Creative Genius), and Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work.