Pappa di Puppy Giving every idea the chance of being the great idea.DMM Crew3 Toolkit

“APA Survey Finds Many U.S. Workers Feel Stressed Out and Undervalued.”

- American Psychological Association, 8 Mar. 2011. Sample: 1,546 employed adults Accessed on: Web. 12 June 2013

Only 52% of employees said they feel valued at work, with even less (43%) feeling satisfied with the recognition they receive.

A flat organization enhances performance"The flat management structure facilitates cooperative efforts, distributes power, encourages communication, maximizes the abilities of staff, and promotes an overall concept since there is the decentralization of authority."

- Business Information Review, March 2013

Productivity is related and driven by sharing responsibility and teamwork"Management must also be trained always to have the employee involvement programme at the forefront. [...] Finally, management must be shown that empowering the people will lead to a greater feeling of shared responsibility and, thus, greater productivity."Kim Gustafson, Brian H. Kleiner, (1994) "New Developments in Team Building"

Collective creativity leads to greater innovations"Teamwork creates synergy, where the sum is greater than the parts and is regarded as “an important source of creative ideas and innovations."J. W. Jung, 2011, Your and my little sprout

Companies and corporations recognize the importance of teamwork and employees"The American Productivity and Quality Center found that 80 per cent of the Fortune 1000 companies use some form of employee involvement programme, and 50 per cent of the respondents intend to increase the use of work teams"Kim Gustafson, Brian H. Kleiner, (1994) "New Developments in Team Building"

Participants on brainstorm sessions usually feel their ideasare not taken into consideration seriously.

mainproblem

solution Brain WaveA tool for idea generation processes

purpose

Dissolve hierarchy during the ideation process in order to use the whole creative potential of the group

Give every idea the same level of importance

Build trust and understanding among teammates

Involving everyone on the same level during brainstorming

Timeframe: 20min. initially to write ideas5 min. to explain each, 10 min. to build on each ideaParticipants: 2+

¿How?

1) Grab a pack of post-its2) Set a time frame to write down ideas separately. 3) Based on the time available for brainstorming, set the amount of ideas for each person to write. 4) Get into brainstorming! ..but wait!! one at a time.5) Designate the Idea Throne6) Taking turns, everyone explains their idea.7) After understanding the idea, the team takes a couple of minutes to think and build on the discussed idea.8) Write ideas on post-its and cluster them for following through after the exercise. 8) After everyone built on possibilities for one idea, then comes the chance for the next persons idea.9) Everyone is given a chance. If the group is not satisfied, the wave continues.

FollowThrough

“After brainstormers have slept on a problem, they sometimes generate the most valuable of all ideas”

- Alex Osborn, BBDO 1953

¿Whythe idea throne?

In social psychology, spatial distance is often used to measure social distance. For example, choosing a more distant seat from another person is taken to reflect social distancing from that person. (e.g., Macrae, Bodenhausen, Milne, & Jetten, 1994; Mooney, Cohn, & Swift, 1992).

Do

Don’t

- Be active

- Believe on your team’s potential

- Improve every idea as if it’s your own

- Debate or question ideas before finishing the round

- Judge ideas based on participants professional role

Facilitator’s role

- Manage time

- Making sure everyone understands the process.

- Making sure everyone understands each others ideas.

- Observe and make sure everyone is being actively engaged building on others ideas besides their own.

Giving every idea the chance of being the great idea.

THANKYOU

BRAIN WAVE giving every idea the chance of being the great idea

Be activeBelieve on your team’s potentialImprove every idea as if it’s your own

Kill an idea before finishing the roundJudge ideas based on participant’s professional roles

Instructions Grab a pack of post-itsSet a time frame to write down ideas separately. Based on the time available for brainstorming, set the amount of ideas for each person to write. Get into brainstorming! ..but wait!! one at a time.Designate the Idea ThroneTaking turns, everyone explains their idea.After understanding the idea, the team takes a couple of minutes to think and build on the discussed idea.Write ideas on post-its and cluster them for following through after the exercise. After everyone built on possibilities for one idea, then comes the chance for the next persons idea.Everyone is given a chance. If the group is not satisfied, the wave continues.

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Purpose Dissolve hierarchy during the ideation process in order to use the whole creative potential of the group.Make everyone feel part of the team.

Timeframe:20 min. initially to write ideas

5 min. to explain each10 min.+ to build on each idea

Participants: 2+

Facilitator’s Role * Manage time* Make sure everyone understands the process* Make sure everyone understands each other’s ideas* Observe and make sure everyone is being actively engaged building on others’ ideas besides their own

Reflection