{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Affinity Map","provider_name":"SessionLab","provider_url":"https://www.sessionlab.com","height":168,"width":360,"html":"\u003cblockquote class=\"sessionlab-method blockquote\" data-lang=\"en\" data-method-id=\"afruz0\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.sessionlab.com/methods/affinity-map\"\u003eAffinity Map\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\n\u003cem\u003e#idea generation\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;\n\u003cem\u003e#gamestorming\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of us are familiar with brainstorming—a method by which a group generates as many ideas around a topic as possible in a limited amount of time. Brainstorming works to get a high quantity of information on the table. But it begs the follow-up question of how to gather meaning from all the data. Using a simple Affinity Diagram technique can help us discover embedded patterns (and sometimes break old patterns) of thinking by sorting and clustering language-based information into relationships. It can also give us a sense of where most people’s thinking is focused\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cscript async src=\"https://app.sessionlab.com/assets/widgets.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n"}