LEGO Serious Play
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation, said Plato. When was the last time you attended a business meeting
Games & Exercises
Posts under Games & Exercises focus on different ways to encourage participants to stimulate their creative skills during a brainstorm session using icebreakers and other warm-up activities. Please use the Search bar to scan for other relevant words or tags.
By Andy Eklund
Introduction to Metaphors
Waaaaaay back in 2006 when I started the first iteration of this website, I opened with a question about comparing the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the wire coat hanger. That
Mood Boards
Click here for Online Mood Boards Long a favourite of professional designers, mood boards are a curated collection of random images, words and textures brought into focus by a single reference point.
Lotus Blossom
Created by Yasuo Matsumura, a management consultant working in Japan, the Lotus Blossom may look elaborate, but it’s a simple creative exercise which uses free association to create ideas. This brainstorm
New Point of View
Easily one my favourite brainstorm techniques, New Point of View is a classic mental excursion. Excuse me, excursion? A creative excursion is not a literal journey but a mental one.
SCAMPER, Part 2
For those of you who like the , here are more details, questions and synonyms for you to try. But first, a gentle reminder ,,,. Remember the 90-10 Rule / Sturgeon’s
SCAMPER, Part 1
SCAMPER is one of the most well-known brainstorm techniques. The brainstorm exercise first appeared in Alex Osborn’s book Applied Imagination (1953). He outlined a series of challenge questions about a
More Brainstorm Icebreakers! (Part 2)
This is a follow-up post to one of my most popular articles: Brainstorm Icebreakers. People working at their desk need to clear their mind and switch gears before they come into a
Use Mental Stimuli For Brainstorming
Use Mental Stimuli to Brainstorm is Post #6 in a series from a presentation entitled 11 Great Creative Slip-Ups: The Most Common Mistakes in Brainstorming. The introduction to the series begins here.
Brainstorm Icebreakers, Part 1
Jump to Examples If you’ve ever lived where it snows in winter, you will understand this situation and its connection to brainstorm icebreakers. I lived in Chicago for many years,
How To Use Metaphors To Inspire Creative Thinking
Metaphors, analogies and similies are one of the most useful tools in brainstorming and creative thinking. A common element in virtually every language, these ‘figures of speech’ compare an existing
During The Brainstorm
This article begins a three-part series on the basics of brainstorming, organised by … What To Do Before the Brainstorm (click ) What To Do During the Brainstorm What To Do After the Brainstorm (click ) While these