November 14: From Concept to Prototype Workshop Details

Design Thinking

Join Preston McCauley in a very fast paced, intensive workshop where you will examine the stages and processes of the development cycle. You will leave with a clear understanding of how to get a product from the depths of the brainstorming sessions to a living, breathing prototype. You will participate in individual, team, and group exercises to understand key concepts and unlock your creative and critical thinking. This workshop is selling out fast, too. It is our most popular one. Seats are limited.Register today. We expect to sell out! Who Should Come This workshop will benefit anyone who participates in … Continue reading

Simple Guidelines for Focusing Ideas

Brian Sullivan

Image by osovia Flickr Let’s assume you have generated alot of ideas in a brainstorming session.  Your team is surrounded with stickie-notes filled with generated ideas from their brainstorming meeting.  Brainstormed ideas should be analyzed to filter out the best ideas, so the team can focus their creative direction.  Donald J. Treffinger, Scott G. Isaksen, and K. Brian Stead-dorval are scholars, who provide some simple guidelines for focusing your thoughts on the generated ideas from a brainstorming exercise.  Their work is built upon the foundational work of Ruth Noller and Alex Osborn (the father of Brainstorming). To be an effective … Continue reading

Simple Guidelines for Generating Ideas

Brian Sullivan

When you have to generate alot of ideas in a brainstorming session, it is good to have a few simple guidelines to structure the sessions.  These guidelines are research-based from the work of Donald J. Treffinger,  Scott G. Isaksen, and K. Brian Stead-dorval.  These scholars built upon the foundational work of Ruth Noller and Alex Osborn (the father of Brainstorming). As described by Alex Osborn, creative thinking requires you to perform to different types of thinking: Generating thoughts (or ideas) Focusing thoughts (or ideas) In fact, brainstorming is only one tool to generate your thoughts.  To be an effective problem solver, … Continue reading