- Creativity techniques: Brainstorming
- Reverse Brainstorming
- Combined brainstorming
- Question brainstorming
- Stop-and-go Brainstorming
- Gordon-Little variation
- Rawlinson brainstorming
- Kaleidoscope Brainstorming Technique
- Wildest Idea Technique
- Individual brainstorming
- Brainwriting
- Individual brainwriting
- Group brainwriting technique
- Brainwriting pool (BP)
- 6-3-5 Brainwriting
- The Gallery method
- Brainwriting game
- Constrained brainwriting
- Round-Robin and Roundtable brainstorming
- Group passing technique
- Nominal group technique
- The Buzz session
- Rolestorming technique
- Rotating roles
- Blue slips technique
- The Pin card technique
- The K-J method
- Snowballing technique
- Team Idea mapping
- The classic cluster brainstorming method
- Card story boards
- Trigger method
- Imaginary brainstorming
- Air cliché
- Battelle-Buildmappen-Brainwriting
- Visual brainstorming
- Rightbraining
- Braindrawing
- Electronic or online brainstorming
- Brainstorming Deluxe
- Brainsketching as an idea-generation technique
- The Military brainstorming version
Question brainstorming:
characteristics and steps
This process involves brainstorming the questions related to the problem, rather than trying to come up with immediate answers and short-term solutions.
Once the list of questions is set, it may be necessary to prioritize them to reach the best solution in an orderly way. The ideas evaluation process is critical.
Procedure Steps:
1. The facilitator poses the topic to be brainstormed.
2. The group asks a variety of questions about the topic. This is done in a free manner without worrying about answers. All questions are recorded.
4. The participants examine and prioritize all generated questions.
5. The group brainstorms by reacting to the questions in order to reach the best solution.
Advantages
This technique stimulates creativity and promotes everyone’s participation because no one has to come up with answers.
The answers to the questions form the framework for constructing future action plans.
The questions that arise out of these brainstorming sessions often lead to solutions that are markedly different to the run-of-the-mill answers.
