Add Curiosity to Your Brainstorming Session

Update: 2024-06-10

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One of the major challenges with brainstorming an idea is that people want to immediately evaluate the idea. It's like playing "whack a mole" where creativity gets squashed with every suggestion.

I was recently working with a team that loves to play "whack-a-mole". While I stated the traditional brainstorming ground rules, I also added one more to prevent this tendency to evaluate every single idea:

"Be curious."

Here's how.

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Add Curiosity to Your Brainstorming Session

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Add Curiosity to Your Brainstorming Session

Add Curiosity to Your Brainstorming Session