Tag: Brainstorming

Leadership

Virtual Vs In-Person Meetings

Premise:   The current pandemic has definitely changed the way we organize ourselves and our meetings. This large scale experiment has also shown that work from anywhere is a going to be a distinct reality in most of our lives (unless it cant be).   This definitely means that we need to rethink the way we function – work, play and meet with our colleagues, customers and partners.   In this regard, I read this HBR post “3 Things Virtual Meetings Offer That In-Person Ones Don’t” written by Bob Frisch and Cary Greene. You can read the entire post here. […]

Ideas, Innovation, Leadership

How To Choose The Best Idea Amongst All to Execute

Premise: I am sure that we all get into a situation where we are required to come up with a set of ideas that will solve a specific problem that we have run into. The question then is how one decides which ideas deserve to be picked from the bunch of ideas that we came up with. We need some sort of a framework that will allow us to decide the value of each of the idea so that we can pick one that is most valuable. EPIC framework: One such framework was suggested by Todd Henry in his latest […]

Ideas, Innovation

Making Brainstorming Work

One of the most important skill that businesses need to develop is their ability to continuously innovate and stay ahead of their competition. One of the meta skills that organisations will need to develop if they are to flex their innovation muscle is the ability to do great brainstorming sessions. Earlier in the day, I stumbled onto the below video in which Bill Burnett talks about practices that can help you make your next brainstorming session highly productive. Before, I share my views on this topic, pls take a few minutes to actually watch the video below. Top Reasons why brainstorming sessions fail: […]

Ideas

How Can You Make Your Next Brainstorming Session Rock

Prime for Creativity People are generally not in mindset to be creative. We need to get them to a mindset where they can be creative, if our purpose is to get the most creative ideas that are possible. Start your brainstorming session by playing a game that requires creativity. Get people to draw something. Get them to exercise (mild) – it could even be just laughter therapy. Have Dilbert or a Jessica Hagy or a Hugh MacLeod cartoon prints around the room. Start by doing a skit (which could be about the problem that you want to solve). Start by using […]