Everyone has attended brainstorming meetings. Here are the essential guidelines that will make your brainstorming more productive. Read more →

What is the optimal layout for a room when the meeting is intended to generate creative ideas? Experience tells me that a “living room” setup is best. There are other key elements that can help or hurt the innovation factor, too! Read more →

When the objective is to generate creative ideas in a brainstorming context, an enormous help is to have participants representing diverse backgrounds, expertise, and experience. Read more →

For a speedy and effective meeting, consider using Sticky Notes (or Post-It® Notes). You can get lots of ideas up quickly and then organize them into appropriate categories for action. Read more →

A way to encourage full participation in a meeting is to allow individual contributors to get their ideas on a notepad first and then offered to the full group: Nominal Group Technique Read more →