Rules for Brainstorming

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Rules for Brainstorming
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Brainstorming

• A process used to find a solution to a problem by
  collecting ideas without regard for feasibility,
  which occur from a group of people brought
  together for a specific purpose.

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Rules for Brainstorming

• One conversation at a time.
• Stay focused.
• Encourage wild ideas.
• Defer judgment.
• Build on the ideas of others.

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One conversation at a time.

• Listen to what others are saying.
• Keeps from duplicating ideas.
• Allows for everyone to participate.

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Stay Focused

• Keep on topic.
• Stay focused on the idea and agree on how to keep
  on topic
• It is easy to stray away from the BIG IDEA.

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Encourage wild ideas.

• Outrageous, humorous, and seemingly unimportant
  ideas must be recorded.
• It is common for the most off-the-wall idea to be
  the one that is the solution to the problem.
• The sky is the limit.

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Defer judgment.

• People automatically tend to evaluate each
  suggested idea - their own, as well as others.
• No criticism
• No negative comments

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Build on the ideas of others

• Piling-on occurs when one members idea produces
  a similar idea or an enhanced idea.
• All ideas should be recorded.