Power of Brainstorm

If we knew how many creative thoughts and ideas we really had, we would be simply amazed. Brainstorming is a fabulous tool that is used by businesses to bring out ideas and bring all the minds together bringing on new paradigm shift in thinking.

There is something about being able to bounce your thoughts and ideas off another person and then they have an idea which sparks the ideas of another person. It is like a virus but in a good way….everyone becomes infected and part of the process of thought innovation.

Some of the benefits of brainstorming are:

• It encourages creativity, expanding thinking to see all perspectives of a problem, providing a wide range of options
• Everyone equally involved, no one judging another persons ideas, every idea is recorded as worthy
• Ideas grow quickly, by allowing everyone to offer any ideas that come to mind
• Sense of ownership. With the entire team actively participating in the brainstorming session, this creates a sense of ownership in the topic that is being discussed.
• Environment free of criticism
• No discussions going on, no story telling
• Everyone paying attention and really focusing on the question
• Improvements in productivity

These are just a few of the benefits of brainstorming.

Maybe you are a manager of a business, and you are responsible for taking care of some problems within the staff, but you don’t want to point fingers because this problem really affects everyone. What if you had a brainstorming session with the questions posed on making the business more effective? What if you brought everyone together, placed the problem at hand before your staff, let them solve their own problem and also be the owner of the solution. Everyone has the dignity still in tact and your problem is solved.

There are benefits of brainstorming that reach beyond just problem solving, this is a chance to help your employees realize that they are able to really contribute to the success of the company, they feel more a part of the team, a place to feel like they really matter.