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Generation

A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.’

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

You think coming up with new ideas and brilliant solutions is tough? So is effectively running a brainstorming session. And both the facilitator and participants might need several sessions until everyone clicks with the approach – especially here, where they’ll be using new, creative thinking tools for the first time.

Just getting the hang of any given tool and establishing the best way to run a brainstorming session can take a bit of persistence, practice and training – before you even get to the problem you want to solve or opportunity you want to maximise.

Demonstrate ESP

If you’re the facilitator an important skill to show is ESP: ...

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