Brainstorm questions instead of solutions
When we are given a problem our reflex is to find answers. But it can be difficult to leave the comfort zone and to come up with creative answers. This exercise will encourage to think out of the box.
by Wiebke WetzelGoal
Come up with new ways of thinking.
Get the questions out you and your colleagues have in mind. Sometimes it helps to generate different & better questions.
Instructions
For a given problem do generate as many questions as possible. Do not try to answer them (yet). Do not judge them (yet). Don't explain why you are asking this question.
After the brainstorming have a look at the questions you collected. When a particular question does provoke you to create new ideas and solutions, follow this path.
Background
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." Albert Einstein
"If you have a problem for which you have no solution, you need to ask better questions. The reason a problem exists is that it is hooked like a Siamese twin to a question we are already asking. And if we don't change our questions we will not get a new solution."
Taken from a presentation by Hal Gregersen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd3c9mNInRs
Author
"Your customer doesn't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." Damon Richards I have a dream. About companies not just pushing their products to make a living. Companies not just thinking about themselves. Instead let's think more about the problems we can solve with our products. How we can help our customers to live the life they want. Let's listen more to our customers and learn from them. Let's work together with our customers. There is nothing wrong in making a living. But we can do more with our work.
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