After implementing the methods provided in the challenges we started to listen more carefully to our customers and also changed our approach to them. Alina P. (Poland) I have managed to overcome obstacles, achieve goals, learn to see a topic from another point of view, and apply what I have learned, today I feel stronger and more empowered. Enrique P. (Spain) It is an excellent way to benefit from a self-evaluation – be more aware of your qualities and weaknesses. Dan I. (Romania)

TAKE A CHANCE TO BE CREATIVE IN A GROUP. CREATE AN IDEAS ACCELERATOR.

An accelerator for creating ideas is a team of people who meet and, through a specific methodology, identify elements, analyse them, contrast point of views and conclude new approaches and alternatives on the issues raised.

Objective

Submit a situation or problem to a group of people to achieve an optimal creative result. Sharing problems and exchanging points of view is an enrichment and an enrichment from other perspectives

To Do

Once you have defined the situation, the problem or the objective and analysed the motivations and their possible obstacles you will proposed a group of creative ideas at the individual level, this process will be submitted to a group of people.

Action Plan

Organize an Idea Accelerator Team.

Day 1.- Think of 5 people around you. Friends, family, co-workers, and get in touch with them to organize a meeting that will take you two hours.

Day 2.- Collect the entries of challenge 1 and 2 of creativity in file cards. You will pass these cards to the group on the meeting’s day.

Day 3.- Gather the group. Once gathered, give the following instructions:

          a. Distribute your notes.

          b. Assign each member of the group a role to equip the group with different approaches and that the conclusions can be completer and more creative. These are the roles:

                    i. One should think in the more objective and neutral way possible.

                    ii. One must express what he thinks about ideas, proposals and other elements, without needing justification.

                    iii. One should be the critical side. He/she should express him/herself in a negative way and think about why something could not go well.

                    iv. Another one must apply the contrary behaviour to the previous one. This one should try to look for the positive aspects on the ideas to be analysed.

                    v. Another one will open the creative possibilities. It is intimately related to his/her idea of lateral or divergent thinking.

          c. You will be the sixth member of the group that control the rest; control the times and the order of the members of the group. AND DRAW THE CONCLUSIONS TOGETHER WITH ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.

ii. Day 5.- Record your conclusions in the port-folio. These questions can help you: How was your overall impression of the group work? How have you felt with the opinions of your groupmates? How have they helped you? What's the score? Have you recorded changes and new results after the group work?

 

CHALLENGE MUST NOT LAST MORE THAN A WEEK.

TEAMWORK: 2 HOURS.

30 MINUTES TO EXPLAIN THE METHODOLOGY, ASSIGN ROLES, DISTRIBUTE THE CARDS.

30 MINUTES FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP TO DO THEIR ANALYSIS WORK. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO USE COMPUTERS AND OTHER HELP TOOLS.

25 MINUTES FOR THE DEBATE.

5 MINUTES FOR EACH MEMBER. EACH MEMBER COLLECTS THEIR MAIN IDEAS IN CARDS.

35 MINUTES FOR THE CREATION OF CONCLUSIONS AMONG ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.

INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION: 1 DAY.

Duration
CHALLENGE MUST NOT LAST MORE THAN A WEEK.
Achievement and Award

Congratulate when finished Score one point for each person who has actively helped you.