Activating Creativity

Online brainstorming or Brainlining  Online brainstorming (Peter Lloyd)  or simply electronic brainstorming is the modern version of brainstorming. The word brainlining is combined with the...

Method of focal objects (MFO) 1. Authors  American scientist Charles Whiting (1958), predecessor – German psychologist Friedrich Kunze “Method of catalog” (1926), follower Edward de Bono...

Braindrawing as the brainstorming technique This technique can be used  when a group of people prefer non-verbal methods of creativity. Braindrawing works by providing non-verbal...

Rightbraining as the brainstorming technique It is used as a visual method of creating ideas.  It also can be used also as a change from...

Visual brainstorming: procedure steps and variations Visual brainstorming technique is a graphic ideation, when group members sketch solutions to a problem. The sketches are used...

Battelle-Buildmappen-Brainwriting (BBB) technique The Battelle-Buildmappen-Brainwriting (BBB) method was developed by researchers at the Battelle Institute in Frankfurt, Germany (J. N Warfield, H. Geschka and...

Basic Types of Brainstorming: Air cliché techniques  Author: Arthur Van Gundy This technique is the combination of a fun atmosphere, a structured brainstorming procedure, and brainwriting....

Imaginary brainstorming - specificity and procedure steps This method is like Classic Brainstorming, but with a slight differences. Procedure Steps 1. The leader creates a problem statement. When defining...

Trigger method as the type of brainstorming The trigger method is often used in conjunction with classical brainstorming (Bujake, 1969). This method based on repetition. One...

Card story boards as the type of brainstorming It is an “idea’ organizing” method using tree logic. With card story boards, the facilitator can concentrate on...

Bubble Method This technique helps to reveal many different aspects of the topic. Procedure Steps: 1. Write the topic or word in the in the center of...

Team Idea mapping, the essence and procedure steps The team idea mapping method is based on association. It may improve collaboration and increase the quantity...