151 Quick Ideas for Delegating and Decision Making

31Have a Brainstorm

You’ve probably done this before: a brainstorm exercise. It can be done individually or with a group (a group is usually best).

You set a task or ask a question and everyone participating thinks of things appropriate to that subject. The only rules in brainstorming are that there are no rules. Okay, maybe a few. Set a time limit for ideas and always have some mechanism to record what you (or all the participants) come up with. Other than that, anything goes. No idea is too small, no idea is inappropriate.

Assignment

Since most of us have participated in brainstorming sessions, remember your participation in one. Remember how some really unique ideas came up that you might not have thought of alone.

This process provides ...