Develop Better Ideas by Cutting Normal Brainstorming Time in Half

The longer you brainstorm ideas, the more entrenched and defensive people can become with them.

Some ideas are like a stew, taking a long time for concepts to blend together the perfect way.

Others are more like a cup of ramen noodles, cooking up instantly and only getting colder over time.

However, provide a pre-work, individual assignment first that spurs the thinking.

If your brainstorming meetings usually take an hour, set a timer for 30 minutes.

Now there’s time to get the innovative ideas out and avoid the time-wasting arguments or endless reiterations.

For the individual assignment that Miller recommends, a pre-brainstorming exercise like “brainwriting” canget the ideas flowing.

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