Participated in a training session today with this title with a coach from The Mind Gym.
Covered three main tools:
# Outrageous Opposites
# The Idea Beam
# The Morphological Matrix
*Outrageous Opposites*
Agree objective
Brainstorm solutions
What are the “outrageous opposites” to these?
Evaluate
*The Idea Beam*
_A very practical application of chunking up and down logical levels_
Choose an objective
Brainstorm ideas – classify on the fly as Broad Ideas, Specific Ideas, Actions
Use questioning to explore up, down, sideways
*The Morphological Matrix*
Agree objective
Brainstorm attributes of the solution
Select best attributes
Brainstorm options for each attribute
Select combinations across attributes
Evaluate
*Recommended Reading*
The Right Brain Manager Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind Six Thinking Hats
