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Effective Questions Promote Effective Brainstorming

Ron Edmondson

Brainstorming often leads a team to the answers you can’t seem to find any other way. And effective questions promote effective brainstorming. The most effective brainstorming begins with great questions. Below are 4 words and sets of questions to lead your team in brainstorming. What went wrong? How did it happen?

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7 Phrases to Outlaw from Brainstorming

Ron Edmondson

The best ideas in an organizational setting often come through brainstorming. If you want to create some excitement around you, get a bunch of people in a room and brainstorm about some change ideas. But, you’ve got to be intentional to brainstorm successfully. That’s the point of brainstorming.

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Questions for Brainstorming

Ron Edmondson

Brainstorming often leads a team to the answers you can’t seem to find any other way. The best brainstorming begins with great questions. Add some of your own, and see if they will lead you through a helpful brainstorming session. Below are 4 words and sets of questions to lead your team in brainstorming.

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7 Powerful Questions Leaders Should Use Often

Ron Edmondson

This is a great brainstorming question. Plus, I’ve learned many times people have an idea but they haven’t felt the platform to share it yet. What’s next for us/for you/for your area of responsibility? It forces people to dialogue about creating something new or developing something existing. It fuels momentum.

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How To Get Projects Completed Successfully In A Team Environment

Ron Edmondson

From a poem by Charles Osgood) Do you have a great team that can brainstorm great ideas, but no progress is made completing them? Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

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7 Reasons The Introvert Isn?t Talking in Team Meetings

Ron Edmondson

That’s true in brainstorming too, where you’re looking for many responses. I often receive push back from introverts and leaders about the process of brainstorming and their participation. Brainstorming often involves quick thoughts being shared. If you press for quick responses, they’ll likely share less.

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7 Ways to Encourage a Team to Be More Innovative

Ron Edmondson

We have held brainstorming retreats at other churches in our area and local businesses. Have a brainstorming session with open-ended questions. There is something about a change in surroundings which encourages changes in thought. Creative thoughts are often fueled better outside your normal environment.