Disruptive Brainstorm template

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Challenge conventional thinking in a judgement-free environment.

Categories

  • Marketing & Sales
  • Design
  • Product Management
  • Whiteboard Template

KEY FEATURES

  • Ideation

  • Problem Solving

  • Team Collaboration

Use this template to introduce new constraints to your creative thinking in this fast paced, high energy brainstorming session.

How to use the disruptive brainstorming template

  1. 1

    Ground Rules

    This is a safe space for openly sharing ideas:

    • Listen with an open mind

    • Remember everyone’s opinion is valid

    • Focus on generating ideas, not judging them

  2. 2

    Frame the problem

    Set a clear topic or theme for the brainstorm.

  3. 3

    Brainstorm

    Breakup into two teams to start. Set a timer and start brainstorming. Come up with as many ideas as possible. Nothing is off the table.
    Discuss the idea in your team as you add it to see if anyone has anything to add or refine.

  4. 4

    Cut

    Come back together as a group.
    Have teams remove ideas from the opposite team’s board that may not seem achievable supportable or that don’t relate to the brainstorming objective.
    Generous trimming of ideas is important to make room for new ones.
    Avoid discussing what's being removed. This stops creative flow and moves into judgment.

  5. 5

    Disrupt

    Assign new teams. Each with their own individual Disrupt card. Choose cards that relate to the theme of your brainstorm.

  6. 6

    Repeat

    Repeat steps 2 and 3 for an additional round.

  7. 7

    Follow-up

    With the ideas you have left assign an owner to each and investigate making the idea a reality.

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