Is Bad Brainstorm Behavior Acceptable?
There’s a lot of symmetry between bad behavior in children and adults in a brainstorm. Here’s some suggestions on how to handle the discipline.
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There’s a lot of symmetry between bad behavior in children and adults in a brainstorm. Here’s some suggestions on how to handle the discipline.
I want to invent the Creative Thermometer to show people that Big Ideas should be red-hot salsa, not high-fibre and tasting of foam-core.
When you become too close to the situation, it stalls your creativity. Like a good babysitter, sometimes you need to let someone else take care of your ideas for you.
Negativity is the single biggest reason why brainstorms fail. And, the worst type of negativity is when it’s your own.
People aren’t the same – and that’s a good thing in brainstorming. You want to leverage people’s diversity to create better ideas.
You can read reports until your eyes water. But the best way to understand your target audience is to go out and meet them, face to face.