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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1593448584713{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]One of the beautiful things about brainstorming is that people get to build upon each other\u2019s ideas. Using ideas as stepping stones is a great way to quickly find more (and more creative) ideas. This \u201cclassic\u201d way of group brainstorming is fun, engaging and inspiring. It has only one problem. It isn\u2019t very productive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ideation happens really fast. Especially when you are using creative thinking techniques<\/a><\/span>, it\u2019s relatively easy to come up with dozens of ideas in just a couple of minutes. What most people forget during a brainstorm, however, is to put all the ideas on paper. Many great ideas, additions and insights are lost simply because participants are jumping from one idea to the next while forgetting to capture all the important intermediate steps.<\/p>\n

Of course, you can appoint someone to capture all the suggestions. Yet, unless you have a professional note taker, it\u2019s hard to keep track of all the ideas floating through the air. To prevent misunderstanding or overlooking important details, it\u2019s always better when participants describe their own ideas, in their own words.<\/p>\n

Another problem that sneaks around the corner with these traditional brainstorm sessions, is ‘group think<\/a><\/span>‘. Because participants tend to avoid conflict and are generally striving for consensus, alternative ideas (that might upset someone) are not shared. Combine this with the fact that people can get really obsessed with an idea, and you have a recipe for brainstorm-disaster. Sometimes participants get so attached to an idea, that they can\u2019t (or refuse to) think about other options. Although it\u2019s fine to explore an idea, an idea itself should never stop the flow of new ideas. With brainstorming it\u2019s important to come up with as many ideas as possible. The more ideas you generate, the more original they will become and the more options you will have, to choose from. Brainstorming should be about widening your view, not narrowing it.<\/p>\n

To solve the issues mentioned\u00a0above, we have developed a creative technique that can be used in groups. A\u00a0light\u00a0exercise that utilises the resourcefulness of individuals, while making use of the wisdom of the crowd. The technique can best be described as a mixture between the brainstorm methods\u00a0\u00a0S.C.A.M.P.E.R.<\/a><\/span> and Brainwriting.<\/p>\n

The technique is\u00a0really simple\u00a0and can be used to generate many creative ideas in a very short period of time. If you are brainstorming with a group of ten people, you could use this technique to generate fifty creative ideas in less than five minutes.<\/p>\n

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How does it work?
\n<\/em>It can be done in a large group, but we prefer to use smaller groups. Five to six people per group works best. If you have ten participants, divide them into two groups of five. Give each participant a different form with a question in the middle. Ask them to quickly write down an idea that comes to mind, and hand over the form to their neighbour on the right. The ideas on the form may be used\u00a0as input for new suggestions (additions or variations of the idea),\u00a0but it is also fine to generate entirely\u00a0new ideas (alternatives).<\/p>\n

The goal is to fill the entire form by adding ideas and passing it around. The entire exercise should not take much longer than five minutes. Leaving you with two groups with each\u00a0twenty-five\u00a0ideas, generated by looking at your challenge from all different angles.<\/p>\n

Participants can write the idea on the form itself, or they can paste sticky-notes on the form. Both are fine.\u00a0However, the last option\u00a0is probably more convenient for evaluation since you will be able to\u00a0move the ideas separately.<\/p>\n

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