How many meetings have we been to where someone has lamely introduced the idea of solving a problem by “brainstorming” Usually this involves someone standing up next to a flipchart with a marker pen and barking out “Okay let’s have some ideas then team”. The resulting silence resembles one of those Spaghetti Western scenes where the camera pans around a lonely frontier town with tumble weed blowing in the wind.
To avoid that scenario have a look at this excellent presentation I found on LinkedIn the other day. (By the way have you noticed how much better LinkedIn is getting these days – lots more relevant content and groups to join)
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