1. Brainstorming

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3. Ten Faces of Innovation
Experience Architect
Anthropologist
Experimenter
Cross-Pollinator
Hurdler
Collaborator
Director
Set Designer
Storyteller
Caregiver
Learning Personas
Organizing Personas
Building Personas
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4. Ten Faces of Innovation
Experience Architect
Anthropologist
Experimenter
Cross-Pollinator
Hurdler
Collaborator
Director
Set Designer
Storyteller
Caregiver
Learning Personas
Organizing Personas
Building Personas
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5. Organizing Personas Hurdler Collaborator Director
You should try to embody these as you start to narrow your ideas and brainstorm solutions.
Hurdler
Collaborator
Director
Problem Solver
Optimist
Determined
Perseveres Beyond Failures
Coach
Instills Confidence
Avid Curiosity
Dissolves Boundaries
Big Picture
Empowers and Inspires
Yields Center Stage
Brings Out the Best in Others
Which of these do you bring to your group?

6. Brainstorming Defer judgement Stay focused … focused chaos!
Encourage wild ideas
Don’t criticize
Build on the ideas of others
Don’t worry about right or wrong
Go for quantity … number ideas for motivation
Be visual
Make sketches
Use nearby objects
Create mind maps and concept-maps
Source: IDEO

7. Mind Maps Visual representation of ideas Help with brainstorming
Free-form
Mind Map Guidelines
Start with main idea in the center of the page
Don’t judge or prejudge any idea
Keep the ideas flowing
Draw doodles to elaborate on ideas
Add words to show relationships and connections
Use color
Don’t get bogged down
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8. Concept Maps Show relationships between concepts/components
Concept Map Guidelines
Start with main idea or question
Identify 5 to 10 related concepts
Relate concepts with connection lines
Use linking phrases like:
results in
is required by
contributes to
is made of
supports
uses
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