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Sticky ideas

Jun 18, 2021
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Here’s a stupid simple exercise any team can use to generate great ideas:

  1. Get 5-10 of your people in the same room

  2. Present them with the problem: What will you be generating ideas for?

  3. Start a 5 minutes timer. Ask everybody to write down as many ideas as they can on individual sticky notes until the timer runs out.

  4. Collect everybody’s notes and stick them on a whiteboard (or a wall) so that everyone can see them.

  5. Start another 5 minutes timer. Ask everybody to come to the board (or wall), and draw a + on the sticky note with their favorite idea.

Pat yourself on the back. You just did in 10 minutes what most teams take between a few hours and a few weeks to achieve.

Why this process is great:

  • It separates idea generation and evaluation. This helps generate a lot of ideas in a short amount of time. The more ideas generated, the higher the chances of stumbling upon a great one.

  • Everybody gets heard

  • It’s quick and fun

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