Crazy eight

Crazy eight


The crazy eight is another ideation technique that uses time constraints to force creativity. But this time at a crazy level.

You'll give to everybody 8 sticky notes, or a sheet of paper that they fold in 8 parts. The facilitator then explains that everyone has 8 minutes to sketch quickly with a title 8 ideas. Every minute the facilitator let's the team know at which idea we are.

Ending A: share

You can decide that you end the ideation exercice here and maybe people will share and regroup similar ideas.

Ending B: develop one idea and share

Others who use the crazy 8 technique, then ask participants to create a more detailed sketch of the most promising idea of the 8 in a long period of time. For example 20 minutes. 
After that participants will then share the developed idea.

Basics of Ideation for Innovation (Alpha version)

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Introduction

  • Lovely to meet you
  • What you'll learn and what you won't1

WTF is ideation?

  • WTF is ideation? Introduction
  • What is ideation?
  • What are the benefits of ideation?
  • The myth of creativity
  • What are common dangers and mistakes of ideation?

The core principles of ideation

  • The core principles of ideation: Introduction
  • Diverge
  • Quantity over quality
  • Pause criticism until later
  • Different people bring different ideas
  • Constraints and pressure help
  • Serendipity and context help
  • Based on research

What are the different types of ideations

  • What are the different types of ideations: Introduction
  • Group ideation
  • Solo ideation
  • Asynchronous or remote ideation
  • Crowd sourcing

A selection of ideation techniques

  • A selection of ideation techniques: Introduction
  • Brain dump
  • Silent brainstorming
  • Crazy eight
  • Brands like these
  • Fast idea generator
  • Mash-Up Innovation
  • Future scenarios and trends
  • Lotus blossom
  • Lightning demos
  • Ideation cards
  • A few good practices for every technic
  • Where to find more ideation techniques
  • Apps for the ideation process

How to prioritize ideas

  • How to prioritize ideas: Introduction
  • Affinity sorting
  • Dot voting
  • Multi parameters vote
  • Evaluation grid
  • Impact versus Effort Matrix
  • Mix the methods

How to run an ideation workshop

  • How to run an ideation workshop: Introduction
  • How to prepare an ideation workshop
  • The basic structure of an ideation workshop
  • The facilitator role in an ideation workshop
  • What happens after the ideation workshop?

Going further

  • Going further
  • Recommended books on ideation
  • Recommended academic papers on Introduction
  • Recommended videos on ideation
  • Recommended critical articles on ideation
  • Recommended resources in Portuguese1

End note

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