alternative team ideation

nominal brainstomring

6 rounds = 6x6x3 = 108 ideas in 30 minutes

6 people each having 3 ideas in 5 minutes

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nominal brainstorming groups outperform interactive brainstorming groups -Rietzschel, Nijstad, Stroebe

1-2-4-all methoda slightly more structured, nominal idea generation session

what could be an alternative design challenge to replace the cookie assignment for week 1? Keep in mind the goal: to go from idea to selling product in 1 week and the class has limited fabrication experience

Ideal team size is 8 or 12

step 1: a nominal (individual) LISTING of ideas with a goal of at least 12 for each person before continuing to the next step

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step 2: participants form pairs (or one triad if odd number) to share and compare ideas for 10 minutes

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step 3: each pair/triad chooses their best 6 ideas of their pool which could come from one member or be a combination of ideas

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step 4: each pair/triad writes their best 6 ideas on large post it notes. one idea per page. ideas should be conveyed using 3-8 words.

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step 5: pairs/triads join! and share their ideas. this group of 4 then narrows down to the best 6 ideas. this could involve reworking or combining and rewriting

1-2-4-all methodWe will skip this step for time

step 6: all come together to share the final ideas on the wall

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step 7: the entire group has a discussion to place these ideas into untitled placeholder categories

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step 8: the category symbols can be replaced with titles. the titles should be short 3-10 word phrases

each title would then describe a category of solutionsfor example: “arts and crafts activities”

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three to ten word phrase without verbs

three to ten word phrase without verbs

three to ten word phrase without verbs

three to ten word phrase without verbs

three to ten word phrase without verbs

three to ten word phrase without verbs

Multivoting

questions!

Total session = warm-up + brainstorming (20-40 min) + sort + categorize + vote

you don’t need to use rolestorming, props, etc.

warm up game does not need to be an improv game