I find that leadership teams use brainstorming sessions to get input from others that they can't (or are too lazy to) generate themselves. Let's see what everyone else comes up with. This is why structured prep makes a huge difference. It will be apparent to everyone when a few members of the team arrive unprepared to fully contribute.
Every brainstorming session I’ve been in was flawed, for the reasons you mentioned. You get top of mind inputs, often connected to personal interests and agendas.
"To “connect the dots,” you first need to have enough dots to work with" - love it! Thanks for this thought-provoking article. It reminded me "good old" days of my corporate career :-)
Loved this one S.B :)
Thanks!
I find that leadership teams use brainstorming sessions to get input from others that they can't (or are too lazy to) generate themselves. Let's see what everyone else comes up with. This is why structured prep makes a huge difference. It will be apparent to everyone when a few members of the team arrive unprepared to fully contribute.
That's right. Generating new ideas is a daunting task so many participant hope that somebody else will do it for them
Every brainstorming session I’ve been in was flawed, for the reasons you mentioned. You get top of mind inputs, often connected to personal interests and agendas.
When was an executive, I took part in dozens of brainstorming sessions and only few of them could be called successful
"To “connect the dots,” you first need to have enough dots to work with" - love it! Thanks for this thought-provoking article. It reminded me "good old" days of my corporate career :-)
I know what you mean:)