Classical Brainstorming
Brainstorming: Essence, rules and steps
1. Author
Alex Osborn (May 24, 1888 Bronx, New York – May 5, 1966 Buffalo, New York). American сreativity theorist and...
Rawlinson Brainstorming: an Improved Creativity Technique
Rawlinson Brainstorming: Unleashing Creatity for Problem-Solving and Innovation
1. Core Definition
Rawlinson Brainstorming is a structured group creativity technique designed to generate a high volume of...
Method of focal objects
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...
Trigger method
Trigger method as the type of brainstorming
Types of BrainstormingThe trigger method is often used in conjunction with classical brainstorming (Bujake, 1969).
This method is based...
Synectics
Synectics: Essence, Principles and Stages
Etimology: The term Synectics was derived from the Greek words syn –meaning “ bringing together” and ectikos meaning “diversity”, so...
Classical and Modern Creativity Techniques
Matrix of the main creativity techniques
I. Three pillars of activating creativity
1. Classical Brainstorming (Alex Osborn).
A widely known method is where a group generates ideas...
The Gallery method
Gallery method as the brainstorming technique
The Gallery method is the technique developed by the Battelle Institute and improved by Van Gundy, 1981 and others.
In...
Creative Vision of the World
Creative Vision A person's creative vision of the world is a complex hierarchical system, including value and worldview attitudes, emotional relationship to the world, as...
6-3-5 Brainwriting
Method 635 or 6-3-5 Method
This is a group creativity technique originally developed by Bernd Rohrbach (1968).
The name Brainwriting 6-3-5 comes from the process of having 6...
Boosting your Creativity in 10 Great Ways
10 Ways to improve your individual creativity
It doesn’t matter whether you are a writer, artist or hobbyist, you can plateau in your creativity at...
Electronic or online brainstorming
Online brainstorming (Brainlining)
Types of BrainstormingAuthor: Peter Lloyd
1. Description
Electronic brainstorming or simply Online brainstorming (Brainlining) is the modern version of brainstorming. The word brainlining is...
Constrained brainwriting
Brainwriting pool technique with constraints
This method is a version of the standard Brainwriting pool technique. Participants constrain ideas around pre-determined focus, rather than ranging freely....