A few good practices for every technic

A few good practices for every technic



Whatever ideation technic you use, there are a few good practices that you can follow to make your life easier. Here a selection of the ones I personally use.

Title and explanation

Ask participants to always add for each idea at least a title and a short explanation. The whole thing can be the length of tweet or short text message. 
This is helpful especially when you need to come back to the ideas a few days later. 
If people feel comfortable enough to add a sketch it's great, but having only a sketch for an idea will be pretty terrible when you'll come back to the ideas later.

One idea per support

If you are working with sticky notes I recommend you use one sticky note per idea. Don't list several ideas on one sticky note.
This is helpful when you'll arrive at the prioritization phase as you'll have to move ideas to different places. If there are multiple ideas on the same support you'll lose a shitload of time.

Write in capital letters if done by hand

Ask people to always write titles and descriptions in capital letters.
This is helpful because some people have a terrible handwriting. By writing in capital letters there are more chances you'll be able to read what people write. I usually remind this rule a few times during the ideation sessions as it often gets forgotten when people get in the flow.

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

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