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Brainstorming: How to Create More Ideas and Better Ideas
April 28, 2022e
On Thursday, April 28 the HCD Community of Practice explored brainstorming. A brainstorming session likely comes to mind when tasked with generating ideas to solve a problem or dream up an innovative solution. But does it work?
Quick answer: Yes. But if facilitated poorly or approached with a rigid perspective, it may lead to groupthink or an environment where good ideas go to die—the opposite of what you set out to accomplish.
Whether facilitating or participating in a brainstorming session, you will succeed by approaching the process with a creative mindset and embracing best practices. So, what does success look like? More and better ideas!
The session included:
- A definition of brainstorming
- How to protect and nurture ideas
- Virtual brainstorming warm-up exercises
- Brainstorming best practices
Session Speaker
Scott Reed – Senior Design Strategist, HCD CoE and adjunct faculty at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
Resources
- Deck
- SCAMPER: Learn How
- Game Storming by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo
- Warm-up techniques
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