Encyclopedia of Leadership

• Ask people to post their ideas on a wall (large Post-ItNotes can be very helpful). Ideas
  can then be sorted into categories, and the best categories can be evaluated first. [☛7.8
  Affinity Diagrams]

Use the space provided here to brainstorm where you might use brainstorming as a lead-

ership tool:

RELATED LEADERSHIP TOOLS

6.6 Six-Hat Thinking 7.1 Problem Framing 10.8 Ground Rules

6.8 Mind Mapping 10.6 Group Leader Skills 10.9 Visible Information

FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE

Klatt, Bruce. The Ultimate Training Workshop Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Leading Successful Workshops and
Training Programs.McGraw-Hill, 1999.

198 SECTION 6 TOOLS FORCRITICALTHINKING ANDINNOVATION

Situations in which you and your workgroup need to generate more ideas (be they obvious, interesting, or absurd):

How you will explain the need for and benefits of brainstorming to your workgroup:

[☛9.7 Selling Wheel]

Potential disadvantages of brainstorming in your workgroup, and how you will minimize these:

Ground rules you will suggest or clarify to ensure that brainstorming is effective in your workgroup:

[☛10.8 Ground Rules]