Brainstorming tips

I. How to prepare for a brainstorming session
A. Decide what is the problem.
B. Refresh your mind.
1. Think of five people from different backgrounds that are familiar to you.
2. Ask yourself what they would see is the problem and how they would approach it to
find a solution.

II. How to conduct the session
A. Take a pen and paper and set a goal of the number of ideas that you want to have down
on the sheet a paper in a short period of time.
B. Focus on the number of ideas, not the realism of the ideas.
C. Forget about the judgments, common sense, rules or practicality.
III. How to follow-up after a meeting
A. Take each idea and judge it.
B. Discard the ones that will not provide a solution.
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