About the steps of brainstorming and what you should pay attention to

About the steps of brainstorming and matters that should be paid attention to

1. Steps

1. Preparation stage

Determine the purpose of the meeting Topics and participants, collect relevant information, arrange the venue and time, and determine the number of participants. Generally, 8 to 12 people are suitable. If there are too few people in a meeting, it is not conducive to exchanging information and stimulating thinking; while if there are too many people, it is not easy to control, and the opportunity for each person to speak is relatively reduced, which will also affect the atmosphere of the training site. .

2. Starting stage

The host briefly introduces the principles and purposes of brainstorming and encourages everyone to actively participate. There is no right or wrong answer. After announcing the meeting, the host first explains the purpose of the meeting. Rules, and then casually talk about some interesting topics or questions to keep everyone's thinking in a relaxed and active state. For example, tell a joke, guess a riddle, listen to a piece of music, etc.

3. Clarify the problem

The host briefly introduces the problems to be solved. The introduction must be concise and clear, and should not be overly comprehensive. Otherwise, too much information will limit people's thinking and interfere with the imagination of innovative thinking.

4. Talking stage

Talking is the creative stage of brainstorming. In order for everyone to speak freely, some rules need to be formulated. The moderator should first announce these rules to everyone. If time permits, everyone can first think independently about the problems that need to be solved for about 10 minutes. Then everyone was guided to speak freely, imagine freely, and play freely, so that each other could inspire and complement each other, and truly say everything they knew.

5. Screening stage

By organizing brainstorming sessions, a large number of ideas related to the topic can often be obtained. At this point, only half of the task has been completed. What is more important is to organize and analyze the obtained ideas in order to select valuable creative ideas for development and implementation, that is, idea processing.

2. Precautions

Criticism and comments are prohibited, and do not be self-effacing. You must not criticize or block any ideas put forward by others. Even if you think it is naive, wrong, or even absurd, you are not allowed to refute it; at the same time, you are not allowed to criticize yourself. Focus on the goal and pursue the number of ideas, the more the better. At the Intellectual Stimulation Law Implementation Meeting, everyone is only forced to propose ideas, the more the better. The meeting aims to obtain the envisaged quantity.