Techniques for stimulating creativity a. Brainstorming—implemented via a set of rules i. State any ideas regardless of how extreme or outlandish. ii. Approach each idea as belonging to the group and build upon the ideas of others. iii. Generate, don't evaluate, ideas. b. Delphi technique—involves soliciting and comparing anonymous judgments on a problem/topic via a set of sequential questionnaires. i. Involves no face-to-face interaction between the judges (removing biasing effects. ii. A questionnaire is sent to participants via mail, completed surveys are returned and responses summarized by analysis. iii. Participants receive a written summary (again by mail, along with a second questionnaire for reassessment. iv. Participants independently evaluate their earlier responses. v. Analysts typically go with tabulated results as the decision after the second or third round.
