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Get Better Ideas with this Starter Exercise

Destination Innovation

Researchers Slepian and Ambady report an experiment in the Journal of Experimental Psychology. So before your next idea generation session try this exercise. They then make gestures following your instructions as follows: “We will be open to ideas.” “We want big ideas.”

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Crafting the Path to Success: Designing Leadership Team Offsites for Strategic Planning Triumph

Leapfrogging

Idea Generation Sessions: Encourage blue-sky thinking with sessions dedicated to generating new ideas without constraints. Implementing Action Plans Once the discussions and brainstorming sessions are over, it’s essential to translate the insights and decisions into concrete action plans.

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FREE THE GENIE for TEAMS FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions

Idea Champions

Yes, as long as the replacement team member has read the Insight & Ideation Report from session #1 and has a clear understanding of what has preceded session #2. Read the Insight & Ideation Report (summary of output from session #1). hours (two 90-minute FTG brainstorming sessions and 30 minutes of pre-work). Let's talk.

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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

Therefore when trying to produce new ideas, do not evaluate them as they occur. Nothing kills creativity faster than self-censorship during idea generation. All ideas are possibilities — generate as many as you can before identifying which ones have more merit. The only certainty in life is uncertainty.

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Turn Ideas Into Outcomes: A Framework for Maturing Your Innovation Portfolio

Innov8rs

From idea competitions and startup incubators to virtual whiteboards and design thinking workshops, there is no shortage of mechanisms for brainstorming what’s possible in an organization. It’s exciting to have so many ideas to work with. How do you move from idea generation to rigorous idea development the right way?

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Idea Generation in Business: Eight Techniques to Supercharge Creativity

Qmarkets

When it comes to overseeing an idea management program involving thousands of employees or customers, it is crucial that the process is structured in a way that helps participants to generate the best ideas. Reverse brainstorming is a method for idea generation in business that capitalizes on that.

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Facilitation Works Miracles

Gregg Fraley

It consisted of about three weeks of planning, a very intensive two day session, and a report. The client started by saying he wanted to do a brainstorming session. It wasn’t brainstorming that was needed. As it turns out the session was really more about idea development and elaboration. Getting to Clarity.