Standard Podcast [2:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4030)

Andy Grove, the CEO of Intel, claims their greatest asset is the creativity of the employees. Many organizations boast that their most valuable asset is their people. How to mine the most value out of that asset? Brainstorming. Brainstorming helps you quickly gather collected wisdom for fresh new solutions. Consider this: If you have 12 people on your team at an average age of 35, cumulatively they have 420 years of experience! Use brainstorming to instantly mine that ore! Go for the gold!

Here are 7 smart rules for great brainstorming:

1. Groups of 12 or less work best. If you have a larger group, divide them into brainstorming teams.
2. Seat people around a table or in a circle where they can see each other’s faces. Emotions are a mega part of the communication process and should not be ignored or brushed aside.
3. Be sure to record the ideas generated. A master note pad, a wall chart or a tape recorder can each work well.
4. There is no time limit to brainstorming. The session lasts as long as the fires crackle.
5. The purpose of brainstorming is to generate ideas, not to find one great solution. You want to generate loads of possibilities that will later be winnowed down to the best.
6. Make no judgments. It’s the kiss of death when someone pronounces, “We tried that 3 years ago. It didn’t work then. Can’t work now.” Postpone evaluations until later.
7. Build on each other’s ideas so that nuggets can swell into major concepts.

There you have it. Have fun tapping the smarts of the diverse mix of people you have on your team.

Bookmark and Share

Close Bookmark and Share This Page

Save to Browser Favorites / Bookmarks

Ask backflip blinklist BlogBookmark Bloglines BlogMarks Blogsvine BuddyMarks BUMPzee! CiteULike co.mments Connotea del.icio.us

Digg diigo DotNetKicks DropJack dzone Facebook Fark Faves Feed Me Links Friendsite folkd.com Furl Google

Hugg Jamespot Jeqq Kaboodle kirtsy linkaGoGo LinkedIn LinksMarker Ma.gnolia Mister Wong Mixx MySpace MyWeb

Netvouz Newsvine oneview OnlyWire PlugIM Propeller Reddit Rojo Segnalo Shoutwire Simpy Slashdot Sphere

Sphinn Spurl Squidoo StumbleUpon Technorati ThisNext Twitter Webride Windows Live Worlds Movies Yahoo!

Email This to a Friend

Copy HTML: 

 If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed.

Powered by Bookmarkify™

More »

Powered by Bookmarkify™

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 5:30 am and is filed under Podcast. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.