One of the downsides of traditional brainstorming sessions is that they favor extroverts. To participate, you need to interject ideas with lots of energy and enthusiasm. Nothing quashes introverts’ ...

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In marketing and other high-level business decisions, it’s important to be able to generate creative new ideas. Group brainstorming sessions can bring everyone together for a collaborative opportunity ...

Brainstorming is a collaborative, creative process that embodies a fundamental contradiction. On one hand, productive brainstorming involves randomly tossing out ideas without restraint or editing. On ...

I’ve written before about the value of brainstorming, the electricity that fills the air as colleagues share their ideas and those ideas begin to gel. The brainstorming I talked about happened in a ...

Every brainstorming session begins with good intentions, like a whiteboard and sticky notes around the table. After a few shout-outs, the room gives way to crickets and momentum is lost. If this ...

Now that the pandemic is settling in for a longer run than expected, many businesses are having to shift from “Let’s wait this out” to “What do we do now?” Some organizations have the option of simply ...

But the problem for many companies isn’t a lack of ideas. More often, it’s a lack of high-quality ideas, and poor practices for supporting the transformation from idea to innovation — i.e., the ...

[ Don’t call it a brainstorm: 10 tips for better innovation ] 1. Agree on the clear objective(s) of the brainstorming – Ensure everyone agrees on and understands the overall objectives of the session.

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