Background
The lotus is a pinkish water lily. As with most flowers, lotus blossom petals are nested together. Numerous petals radiate outward from the center, in ever-widening circles. One petal leads to the next and so forth, just like free association. Perhaps there is the making of an idea generation technique here!
This technique takes advantage of visualization, free association, and a structured approach to creating idea stimuli. Yasuo Matsumura, president of Clover Management Research (Chiba City, Japan) developed the Lotus Blossom Method of generating ideas (also called the MY technique, after his Japanese initials).
Objectives
• To help participants generate as many creative ideas as possible
• To help participants learn how to use the activities to generate ideas
Participants
Small groups of four to seven people each
Materials,Supplies,and Equipment
• For each group: markers, two flip charts, and masking tape for posting flip-chart sheets
• For each participant: one sheet each of three different colors of sticking dots (1?2” diameter) and one pad of 4 x 6 Post-it® Notes
Handout • Lotus Blossom Handout
Time
30 minutes
Related Activities
• Brain Mapping [36]
• Doodles [37]
Taken From : Pfeiffer 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity
