Relationship Tip #11:
Team Innovation. Does your team ever get stuck when solving problems or coming up with innovative ideas? Much of the activity that teams call “brainstorming” breaks the rules that allow the process to work successfully. Be sure to post these
Brainstorming Ground Rules and review them each time your team prepares to get creative. The rules are as follows:
- Quantity Not Quality: get as many ideas as possible. Set a number goal.
- Withhold Judgment: the only way to get lots of ideas - don't shoot any of them down.
- Write It: post the ideas so the whole team can see them.
- Hitchhiking Ideas- two unrelated ideas form a new idea -- this occurs more frequently when ideas are in written format.
Innovation need not be a dreaded task. Make sure this creative process is fun for everyone by posting and abiding by the ground rules. If everyone can participate without the fear of being shot down, the team will be fully engaged in the process, and the experience will be both enjoyable and productive.
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