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Brainstorming

Creative technique to generate lots of ideas quickly.

Project Stage:
Develop

Who:
Customer
Experts
Decision makers
Service Providers

Design Principles:
03. We will design services together  07. We will design from the top down & the bottom up 



Brainstorming is a group creativity technique used to generate ideas for solving a problem, emphasizing quantity over quality. It encourages free thinking, open communication, and the sharing of wild ideas without criticism. It’s about quantity over quality.

Use it to

  • Generate a large quantity of ideas quickly.
  • Encourage collaborative, creative thinking.
  • Explore multiple solutions to a challenge.

Top Tips

  • Encourage wild ideas and avoid judgement.
  • Build on each other’s ideas to spark new ones.
  • Use tools like sticky notes or whiteboards to capture ideas visually.

How – to

  • Present the challenge or problem to the group.
  • Allow everyone to contribute ideas, without filtering or criticism.
  • After the session, review and group ideas into themes or categories.

Resources

Rules of Brainstorming

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