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Quick Brainstorming Activities for Busy Managers, 50 Exercises to Spark Your Team's Creativity and Get Results Fast

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Quick Brainstorming Activities for Busy Managers

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50 Exercises to Spark Your Team's Creativity and Get Results Fast

CHAPTER 4: BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUES; Traditional Brainstorming; Stickies; Bubbles; Chips; Grids; Last One Standing; Mind Maps; Paper Swap; Plus One; Round Robin; Silent Brainstorm; Taking Turns; CHAPTER 5: CREATIVITY EXERCISES; Associations; Brainstorm Bash; Mega-Doodles; Exaggerations; Forced Conflict; Free Writing; Jeopardy; Let's Get Physical; Mind Reader; Objects; Pictures; Reverse Brainstorming; Roles; Six Perspectives; Stop and Start; Storytellers; Web Surfing; CHAPTER 6: GROUPING METHODS; Alphabet Categories; Card Sort; Leaderless; Quick Sort; SymbolsContrary to popular opinion, brainstorming isn't magic. Truly productive brainstorming sessions are dependent on the ability of the leader to create the right environment and let his or her people's ideas flow. Filled with clear, concise guidance and quick, easily implemented techniques, this book provides supervisors, managers, and team leaders the fun, proven activities they need to get idea-packed brainstorming sessions started, and keep them going. Readers will discover how to: * Ask questions that provoke responses and inspire creativity * React to and record ideas in a way that encourage

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: BRAINSTORMING 101; What Is Brainstorming?; Why Use Brainstorming?; What Are the Basic Rules of Brainstorming?; How Is a Brainstorming Session Conducted?; What Could Go Wrong?; Summary; CHAPTER 2: IT ALL STARTS WITH A QUESTION; Use Focus Questions to Kick Off a Successful Brainstorming Session; Using Focus Questions for Idea Generation; A Final Note About Focus Questions; Keep the Ideas Flowing After the Focus Question; Putting It All Together; Summary; CHAPTER 3: THE POWER OF THE PEN; The Four Rules of Recording Brainstorming SessionsCHAPTER 7: PRIORITIZATION PROCESSESBalloons; Dots; Grid-Based Decision; Investing in Ideas; Ranked Pairs; Pros and Cons; Rotating Charts; Seven; Sudden Death; Thumbs-Up Consensus; Weighted Scores; CHECKLISTS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W;