The Weekly ReBoot - Mini Hack #20 The Rules of Brainstorming

Another mini hack today which is from the Design Thinking body of knowledge and the masters of Design Thinking - IDEO, and that is The Rules of Brainstorming.

Brain- storming is one of those things that gets thrown about a lot as a technique. But it can often descend into just a flurry of ideas or conversation without any resolution or purpose. OR even worse self/censoring or censoring other people’s ideas can yield an atmosphere where the best and most creative contributions never make it to the table.

The Brainstorming Rules:

Defer Judgement

Encourage wild ideas

Build on other’s ideas

Stay on Topic

One conversation at a time

Be visual

Go for quantity

Watch the brainstorming rules video from IDEO: https://vimeo.com/138588491

Here are the rules on Ideo’s design kit, a great resource! https://www.designkit.org/methods/28

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