Create Brainstorming Commandos for Creative Problem Solving!!!

Agile Camp Dallas 2015Workshop by Pradeepa Narayanaswamy

@NPradeepa

Introduction to Creative Brainstorming

Lets have some FUN!!!

Final Thoughts

Agenda

Introduction to Creative

Brainstorming!!!

“Become more conscious of the creative power within your reach” – Alex Osborn

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Creative Brainstorming!!

Have a clearly defined goal

Pick your team

Allow for divergence

Decide who to facilitate– Can it be your boss???

Stock your meeting room

How to run a session?

Brainstorming Principles

“Its easier to tone down a wild idea than to think about a new one” – Alex Osborn

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Focus on quantity instead of

quality

Allow no criticism

Welcome far-fetched ideas

Build upon each others ideas

Let’s have some FUN!!!@NPradeepa

Climate Setting

Intended as Ice breaker to lighten up the mood & jumpstart creativity

Introduce the person to your right in a most

outlandish and exaggerated manner.

The only fact is the persons name

I’m Impressed!!!

Everyone expands their first name as an

acronym and share it with their group

I am an ACRONYM

Priming the Pump

Intended to prime everyone’s creative pumps before the actual brainstorming

Bad Ideas Welcome!

Broccoli

3 Random Words Dinosaur

Military

Active Paradigm Shifts

Intended to engage as a team and challenge the team to think outside the box.

Cross Over

It’s a Storm, NOT a Drizzle

Intended to generate a good idea by generating lot of ideas.

Terrible Ideas

Welcome!!

Improv your Brainstorming

Intended to give the group control over their actions and responses.

Alphabet Improv

Zap Negativity

Final Thoughts…@NPradeepa

Combine & extend ideas, not just harvest

Divergence & Convergence

Use it for more than just generating good ideas

Diligently follow the principles

It’s not the ONLY way to generate good ideas

Helpful Pointers

Brainstorming sessions are worthless unless they are

woven with other work practices!!!

"An idea has a shelf life of a banana" - Bill Gates

Finally….

Let’s Connect…

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradeepanarayanaswamy

Twitter: @NPradeepa

Inspiration: Big Book of Brain-storming Games by Mary Scannell & Mike Mulvihill

Images Credit : Google Images

Tell me how this w

orks

for you – both good &

bad!!!