useful if a group needs
original ideas or has trouble
coming up with any ideas at
all.
LO 10.4: Report strategies
and techniques that help in
developing team creative
solutions
During a brainstorming session, all of the members were sticking to their
own suggested solutions, and no one was willing to validate any other
member’s idea. Realizing this would never lead to a consensus, Heather,
the facilitator, selected what she believed to be the most appropriate
proposal, and asked the rest of the members to contribute to it as if they
had suggested it themselves. This allowed the members to effectively
discuss the idea, and, after a few tweaks, everyone accepted the solution to
be implemented. What process did the facilitator encourage?
Consider This: In this
method, adopt the
philosophy that once an idea
is presented to the group,
no one owns it. It belongs to
the group, and anyone can
modify it.
LO 10.4: Report strategies
and techniques that help in
developing team creative
solutions