From the course: Learning Brainstorming
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Rule 3: No pop quizzes
From the course: Learning Brainstorming
Rule 3: No pop quizzes
- Let me know if this sounds familiar. You're working away at your desk dealing with your own workload and deadlines, when someone comes by and asks you to join them in the conference room to brainstorm ideas for another project. Throwing around ideas for a project that you know little about in the middle of your own deadlines is not what you were looking for at this moment, but away you go regardless. In that scenario, how effective were you to the creative process? How many ideas did you offer? Were they any good? You probably had the same answer to all of these questions, not much. That's because you weren't prepared for that activity, both with your own work and the work of generating ideas for someone else. That's why brainstorms should never be pop quizzes. Instead of springing brainstorms on participants, inform them of their impending participation at least two days ahead of time. And when you tell them…
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An overview of the 13 rules of effective brainstorming1m 19s
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Rule 1: Have the right number of brainstormers1m 29s
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Rule 2: Don't fill the room with the same person1m 48s
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Rule 3: No pop quizzes1m 45s
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Rule 4: Value time1m 22s
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Rule 5: Input vs. output2m 15s
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Rule 6: Have something up your sleeve1m 37s
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Rule 7: Start the fire with a creative match2m 52s
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Rule 8: Bring in the play2m 35s
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Rule 9: Leave the judge at the door2m 15s
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Rule 10: Document the brainstorming process1m 44s
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Rule 11: Every team needs a coach2m 13s
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Rule 12: Capture residual ideas1m 19s
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Rule 13: Channel your inner backslapper1m 48s
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