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Facilitating Productive Brainstorms

Find out what it takes to lead an effective brainstorm. Learn how to engage employees around ideation and conduct a powerful and meaningful brainstorm session. Facilitate better brainstorm results by executing these best practices before, during, and after the session.

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What?

This program includes the following two eLearning courses and three tools. 

Why?

You'll be able to:

  • Lead and manage effective brainstorms from beginning to end
  • Increase the output of meaningful ideas during brainstorm sessions

Who? 

  • Organizational Leaders, High Performers, and Individual Contributors

Included Courses

IN262: Building a Better Brainstorm

Learn best practices for running an effective brainstorm session, such as 14 new warm-up exercises that will break down barriers and get the ideas flowing. 

Audience:
Organizational Leaders, High Performers, Individual Contributors
Format:
eLearning
Tags:
Brainstorming, Communication, Ideas, Leadership

Included Research & Tools

Cheat Sheets

Cheat Sheet: Jumpstart Idea Generation

The new approach to innovation is proactive idea generation, where leading innovators persistently and energetically seek out new ideas. This cheat sheet will give you simple tips to jumpstart better ideas.

Audience:
Organizational Leaders, High Performers, Individual Contributors
Tags:
Brainstorming, Ideas, Ideation
Cheat Sheets

Cheat Sheet: The Facilitator's Handbook

Innovation is about more than coming up with a great idea—it’s also about the conversation surrounding those ideas. This handbook helps facilitators engage meeting participants in an energetic dialogue about any topic.

Audience:
Organizational Leaders, High Performers, Individual Contributors
Tags:
Brainstorming, Communication, Ideas, Ideation

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