Brainstorming Workshop Activities

One idea enters the circle. The group builds it together, one sentence at a time. Every statement begins with "Yes, and..."

This introvert-friendly brainstorming technique helps groups of any size to generate and build on each other's ideas in a silent but dynamic setting. As the participants keep moving, the exercise is ideal to kick-off a full day workshop or re-energize the group after lunch.

Come up with the world's worst way to approach something. Play as a game and/or use to generate productive ideas

Simple, classic brainstorming with two variants. Popcorn - where participants speak out-loud and Round Robin - where participants work in silence and pass their ideas to the next person in turn. 

Use Y-box for your New Production Development ideation workshop

Use Craig Raine's poem A Martian Sends a Postcard Home to spur creative thinking and encourage perspective shifting in a group. After a warm-up, you can then use this martian perspective to describe your product or service and gain new insights and ideas.

Applying existing best practices for new problems

We live in fast changing world and we need to think and react quickly and decisively. This gamification tool encourages people to think rapidly and creatively. Remove the mental barriers that prevent people from overthinking and blocking in branstormings.

Attività di brainstorming che utilizza le immagini come stimolo al pensiero. Prevede una buona capacità di astrazione da parte dei partecipanti e la disponibilità a mettersi in gioco.

Name all the bad ideas to make room for good ones. Coming up with the perfect solution right off the bat can feel paralyzing. So instead of trying to find the right answer, get unstuck by listing all the wrong ones.