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How to Measure the Effectiveness of Brainstorming Sessions?
Jeremy Lu, Manager, Australia, SIG Leader
Time and time again research shows that in general meetings are only 40% effective, with the rest of it being non-value adding activities. How can we measure the effectiveness of a brainstorming session just run? (Understanding such issues as production block, groupthink and manual collation associated with traditional methods of brainstorming sessions)
 - Is evidence of the process sufficient?
- Does transparency of decision making create enough impetus for action?
- Also, if we are to define effectiveness as to how well the problem is solved, or the desired result achieved, what would be the best way to represent this to our stakeholders.
I’ve seen many aspiring leaders "run a workshop" entirely focused on the PROCESS (what happens at the event) rather than on OUTCOMES (what...
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Brainstorming Effectiveness Measurement
Saman, Teacher, Thailand, Member 1. RESULT CRITERIA:
- Meeting the objectives
- Practical for implementation
- Problems that led to brainstorming need have been address... |
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Measuring Meeting Effectiveness
Jeffrey W Pferd, Management Consultant, Member I have used for many years the ' Benefits and Concerns' session at the end of the meeting to get a gauge of whether we accomplished the goals or... |
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Measuring Brainstorming Effectiveness
CONFIDENCE AGBLOBI-TETTEH, Business Consultant, Ghana, Member Perfect discussion. Brainstorming’s effectiveness should be measured against the problem at stake: Why was the session commenced in the first p... |
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Effectiveness - Efficient Participation
Francis Joseph, United Kingdom, Member At the onset participants should be made aware of the theme, objectives and expected outcome of the workshop. " Focus on Results" is key to enga... |
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Measuring Brainstorming Effectiveness
Roy Hiler Brainstorming is simply a method of generating ideas around a specific question, issue, or problem. Therefore the "effectiveness" of the brainstorm... |
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Measuring Brainstorming Effectiveness
odhiambo tom, Manager, Kenya, Member This topic is timely and will help many people, especially those in public sector. The impetus of any such sessions is a need for solution. The what, ... |
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Measuring Brainstorming Effectiveness
Francesco Ientile, Coach, Canada, Member You can measure effectiveness from the perspective of a solution, comparing brainstorming results to the problem at hand and whether those results sol... |
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Assessment of Brainstorming Effectiveness
Gandhi Heryanto, Management Consultant, Indonesia, Member In order to assess the productivity of brainstorming, some explicit quantitive and qualitative measurement criteria are necessary. Then the cor... |
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Measuring Brainstorming Sessions
samson chateuka, Accountant, Member Board room decision effectiveness may be measured by how well it is understood by implementers of the decision. If implementers don't support i... |
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Brain Storming is a Brain Dump
Nirmala Herrkaur Strange, CxO / Board, United Kingdom, Premium Member Brainstorming is effectively a brain dump, so it is very important for the coordinator or facilitator of this important exercise to stay focused on wh... |
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Using Objectives
Jeremy Lu, Manager, Australia, SIG Leader Great participation and ideas being shared so far by all here. Thank you!
I have really enjoyed reading them and support the notions of:
- G... |
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Effectiveness of Brainstorming or Entire Case?
Vijay Bhatia, Consultant, India, Member Brainstorming in itself is only a means and not the end.
Therefore, if the process of participation has ensured quantity, no criticism, welcom... |
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Brainstorming is About Participation
shaheen, Consultant, United Arab Emirates, Member Has anyone used storm board. It's a great tool for brainstorming. I’ve tried it previously. Works really well. All ideas are collated on electronic po... |
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There are no Bad Ideas in Brainstorming
mohanned, Tunisia, Member There are no bad ideas during brainstorming, all contributions should be appreciated by facilitator.
It’s not necessary to measure the effectiven... |
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Brainstorming is a Social Process
Pornpunsa Wuttisanwattana, Management Consultant, Thailand, Member My perception is that group brainstorming is a social psychological activity where you require the members to bring out their ability and creativity.<... |
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Did the Brains Storm?
Finn Svenning, Consultant, Denmark, Member You should evaluate whether or not the participants really did storm or shake their brains. What you do with the idea's and how - is completely anothe... |
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Great Discussion on Brainstorming Effectiveness
Jeremy Lu, Manager, Australia, SIG Leader Thanks everyone, really enjoying reading the discussions and seeing the number of people interested in the effectiveness of brainstorming so that it d... |
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Creativity Inside Voice, Outside Dream
Dr zahra gheidar, Consultant, Iran, Member Brainstorming is a way to increase creativity. If we want to know or measure its effectiveness, we should measure creativity. In my class I measured i... |
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Assessing Brainstorming Effectiveness
Maurice Hogarth Brainstorming is a process for applying creativity, to enable 'thinking outside the box' when generating options for a decision i.e. "In how many ways... |
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Effective Brainstorming
Fred Blomsma, Manager, Netherlands, Member It starts with the reason why you organize a meeting. For example:
- If an inspector is coming within two weeks and you are out of compliance and... |
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Brainstorming in our Arab Countries
mohamed hesham khattab, Management Consultant, Egypt, Member I am an Arab expert in quality management systems, conformity assessment and accreditation field for industrial products and services and I would like... |
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