Effective Ways of Brainstorming

One of the practical tools of design thinking which I have learned about that is brainstorming. I considered that this tool can combine an informal and also stress-free approach to problem-solving with sidelong thinking. During the group activities of design thinking workshops, I observed how this tool can encourage me and my group members to come up with ideas which can be a little absurd, stupid or crazy at first. Indeed, at the right time we can see how some of such thoughts can be crafted into unique and innovative solutions to a problem, however, some members can spark and build even more and more ideas. This can help people to become free of the typical ways of thinking and be more creative instead.

Moreover, I realized that how it is critical throughout brainstorming activities, I and others avoid judging, criticizing or even rewarding ideas. We can Encourage wild ideas as they can often result in creative leaps and also we can build on the ideas of the other members. However, focusing on the topic is the main part of this stage and we have to keep the argument and idea generation based on our target, otherwise we can diverge away from the area of what we are attempting to design for.

In point of fact, by applying this concept we are trying to open up potentials, options, alternatives and break down inappropriate assumptions regarding the problem's restrictions. So during brainstorming evaluation and Judgment can kill idea generation and confine creativity in a design thinking process.

Analysis ideas need to be at the end of the meeting when is the time to discover and identify solutions based on our discussion.