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3. Involve everyone. Encourage everyone to contribute.
Control dominating participants. Celebrate diversity. Use
different techniques to draw ideas from group.
4. Encourage cross-fertilization. Build on each other. Let
others' ideas take you somewhere else. Combine, synergize,
and improve upon ideas.
5. Encourage outside-the-box thinking. Challenge assumptions.
Be creative Go crazy. Think outside the box. Sometimes the
wildest ideas lead to great ones. The wilder the ideas the
better Step out of your shoes to surface new insights.
("What if you were a cat, or a film scenario writer – how
would you solve the problem?"). Encourage active listening.
5. Don't overlook the obvious – the obvious solution is
sometimes the best.
6. Suspend judgment. No ideas are bad ideas. All ideas are
good ideas. (Actually, a minority opinion offered during
group decision making often stimulates more innovative
solutions to a problem).
7. Don't fear repetitions. At different moments you see with
different eyes. During discussion afterwards the duplicate
ideas you may find them different or they may trigger a
different response at a different time.
8. Don't stop and discuss. Go for quantity, not quality. Keep the
momentum going.
9. Record and display each idea. Make sure each idea is
complete – don't use one-word descriptions to avoid
misunderstanding. Don't edit.
10. Apply the 80/20 Principle and change hats to select the best
ideas. Look through your list of ideas and circle the 20%
that will yield 80% of the results you are looking for.
Encourage full-spectrum thinking.
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