Sunday, January 10, 2016

Steal with pride

We will hold our kick off meeting on 12 Feb.

Corporate brainstorming sessions can be dispiriting, soul-sucking experiences.

We have ideas all the time, throughout the day, everyday. But when we're busy, it can be hard to stop, focus and create the relaxed free time that good new ideas require.

The more effective brainstorming sessions I've been in are those when I didn't need to keep ideas realistic. After all, it just about expanding our choices.

Tom Peters says we should replace the "not invented here" syndrome with the "stolen with pride" syndrome. Usually, when we're actively looking for new possibilities, we'll start seeing them all around us.

One of the most powerful questions I know in such sessions is also one of the simplest: "And what else?" You'll be surprised at what emerges.

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