Participants don’t have to limit their ideas to those prompted by Osborn’s list. Any changes will do. They can change color, shape, smell, cost, design, texture, timing, and so forth. The possible changes are limited only by their imagination.
Ask the participants to discuss whether the check list hindered idea generation in any way or if it facilitated it. Have them discuss their responses, especially why the check list hindered or facilitated their brainstorming. Also, consider having participants debrief using the following questions:
• What was most helpful about this exercise?
• What was most challenging?
• What can we apply in our work?
• How would you rate the value of this exercise to helping us with this issue?
• Will this exercise be helpful in the future for other sessions?
• What did you learn?
• What will we be able to use from this exercise?
• What ideas were generated, and which ones were most interesting?
Basic Idea Generation: “No-Brainers”
Taken From : Pfeiffer 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving
March 24th, 2009 at 7:54 am
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