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How to Brainstorm — Remotely
Identify the roles and expertise you want, and then find people who fit that description. This will help you ensure that the group you bring together is more diverse, bringing a range of different backgrounds and perspectives to the problem-solving task.
Prior to the pandemic, it was a hurdle for people with broad and diverse perspectives to be in the same room, physically together. With remote work, it is easier to bring in people having a range of different backgrounds and perspectives to sit together remotely and brainstorm on the task at hand.
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... organizations should insist that staffers first try to come up with their own solutions.
One problem with group brainstorming is that when we hear someone else’s solution to a problem, we tend to see it as what an “anchor - we get stuck on that objective and potential solution to the exclusion of other goals.
... meaning clarifying the problem, identifying objectives, and individually trying to come up with solutions, a brainstorming session can be extremely productive.
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There is a big misconception that ideas generate like a flash.
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A lot of people think that creative ability is a trait inherent in one’s heritage or genes. In fact, there is no such thing as a creative breed.
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There's a long-standing myth about intellectual property - the idea that a creative idea is proprietary to the person who thought of it.
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Remote work allows us go beyond the standard approach to brainstorming by using brainwriting.