1. Welcome Change Managers 31st October 2016
Brainwriting
Welcome Change Managers
31st October 2016

2. Generating Ideas
Today you are going to generate some ideas. We are going to look at Brainstorming and why it doesn’t always work

3. Brainstorming
Question: Put your hand up if you have been part of a brainstorming session before? Keep your hands up if you have ever had a brainstorming session where a couple people dominated and the majority couldn’t get a word in edgeways?

4. 60-75% of the talking Brainstorming
Research has shown that in a typical 6 person brainstorming group, 2 people do: If the dominate people start to use up all this time – quiet people give up and allow the dominate people to take over
60-75% of the talking
Early ideas tend to have disproportionate influence over the rest of the conversation

5. Brainwriting
What's the difference between Brainstorming and Brainwriting? The concept is the same but the method is fundamentally different. Brainwriting allows everyone to have their say.
Brainstorming:
Simultaneous oral generation of ideas
Brainwriting:
Simultaneous written generation of ideas

6. 6 people, 3 ideas, 5 minutes (x6) 108 ideas in 30 minutes
6-3-5 Brainwriting
6 people, 3 ideas, 5 minutes (x6)
108 ideas in 30 minutes
Set the scene – what is the problem we are trying to solve?
Give out the grids – 3 columns, 6 rows (one row per person, one column per idea), pen and 18 post-it notes each
Start writing –5 minutes to write down 3 ideas on 3 post-its, sticking them onto the grid
Pass it around – After 5 minutes, pass sheet to the person sitting next to you
Repeat – until all sheets are complete (30 minutes)

7. You now have 108 ideas. 6-3-5 Brainwriting
Some will be duplicates or fall into similar categories, so you need to sort them
Read through the sheets and group
them into common categories or
themes
This will help you pull out a couple
key ideas which can be focussed on
and discuss in more depth

8. Brainwriting Exercise (on speed)
Lets have a go.
First - Ideas
15 minutes, 3 post-its, 3 ideas, every 5 minutes
Stick your post-its into the squares on your grid sheet
Every 5 minutes, pass your grid sheet to the person on your left
Second – Card sorting
In your groups, 10 minutes to sort the post-its into categories/groups
Third – Final sort – silently!
As one large group, 5 minutes to combine each teams efforts
Fourth – Vote!
You have 3 dots - vote for your favourite ideas