The Bad Idea Brainstorm – use the worst possible idea to loosen up timid participants
A Bad Idea Brainstorm will loosen up even the timidest of participants. List the worst possible ideas to find surprisingly useful insights.
6 practical tips for online brainstorming
Online brainstorming is different than brainstorming with everyone in the same room. Here are 6 tips for running a great virtual brainstorm.
Select the most promising ideas by sketching your solutions
Often, ideas are hard to compare. To solve this comparison-problem, you can use visual thinking to turn the most promising ideas into solution sketches.
6 reasons why you should brainstorm digitally
Do you still use sticky notes, brown paper or flipcharts to brainstorm? Let me tell you about a better way.
10 common brainstorming mistakes (part two) – what’s your main brainstorming mistake?
Steer clear of these 5 brainstorming mistakes to make sure you get the most out of your brainstorm sessions:
10 common brainstorming mistakes (part one)
10 common brainstorming mistakes that you should avoid.
5 rules for more productive brainstorm sessions
Creativity does not flourish in an environment without rules. For truly productive brainstorm sessions you need some rules.
Anonymous voting: Evaluate brainstorm ideas like a pro with this simple evaluation technique
Anonymous voting is one of the easiest ways to evaluate brainstorm ideas.
Trick your lazy brain
Our brain's main goal is to think as little as possible. And that's good. Unless, of course, you are faced with a tricky problem. In that case, you need to know how to trick your lazy brain.
Brainstorm Homework
Want to have more efficient brainstorm sessions? Hand out 'homework' beforehand. It saves time, improves the quality of ideas and builds in a bit of incubation time.