Brainstorming Mistake #1: Generating + Judging Ideas at the Same Time
Don't let this happen to you!
Have you ever experienced this in a brainstorm?
Person A: What if we tried this idea?🤔
Person B: Mmm, I'm not sure that will work because...❌
If this happens, you’ve already failed, the brainstorm is a dud. We need to start with a discrete, judgement free-zone to brain dump—THEN transition to writing "good" ideas for the group's judgement. This creates the psychological safety needed to explore novel pathways and uncover new ideas.
We Built Funware™ Ideator to avoid this brainstorming mistake.
Every Ideator sessions starts with a group brain dump - such as "what's the worst way you could solve this problem?" or "how might Oprah solve this?", where we generate a lot of fodder, free of judgement.
Then we transition to writing "good" ideas that we present to the group.
Just 3 minutes of going wide is enough to dramatically change the idea output—and Funware™ runs the meeting for you. Test it out for yourself:
Cheers,
Devin
P.S. Curious to see what others are saying about Funware™? 👀
“I really enjoyed this way of thinking through an issue as a group. Breaks up stagnant meetings for sure!”
“This was the most open with EYES and EARS that we’ve been in a long time!”