Shake Loose Great Ideas That Will Change Your Future |
Before reading this, you may want to quick scan my other posts in this series.
Think as if There is
no Box
So,
here we are! The big day has arrived. The team has checked into the hotel and
the meeting room is prepared.
You
want to find new ways to solve tired old problems! Your greatest hope is to
come out of the two-day goal-setting session with ideas that will change the
course of your company. The goal is to shake loose world-changing ideas.
I’ve
used our method for various business and not-for-profit clients. I have also
adapted it for use with focus groups with great success.
- Finding golden nuggets
- Amazing creative solutions
- Creative linking, transference
- Ideas become “unstuck”
- Jolting normal patterns of thinking
Background
What
am I talking about? I was introduced to Creative Problem Solving while teaching
drama at a high needs Junior High School years ago. If you could cope with the daily
challenges, it was a fun place to teach. As one teacher said, “I loved teaching
there because the kids had “spunk! You never knew what was going to happen
next!”