Brainstorming Makes You Valuable –The Correct Brainstorming Process and
Tools Make Brainstorming Easy, Quick and Incredibly Fulfilling!
How Valuable Will Becoming a Brainstorming Expert Make You?
"You will
learn the correct brainstorming process here and now if you take the time to
understand and aren’t distracted away from this web site.
You
will learn famous inventor Thomas Edison’s brainstorming secret formula to his
thousands of successes. You will learn about others and about brainstorming case
studies ranging from large global companies down to small start-up companies."
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True Life Brainstorming...
Several years ago on assignment with Warner Bros. Studios (WB), I witnessed an incredible
brainstorming event that proved how valuable brainstorming can be regardless of
your position or title.
The Brainstorming Mystery!
A receptionist brainstormed a very simple idea that saved WB money in the
administrative offices every week. Soon after, she brainstormed other simple, yet
innovative ideas. These other creative ideas were quickly adopted. The Studio was
saving more money in other departments as a result. Her other brainstorming
ideas resulted in not just saving money, but these new brainstormed ideas were
bringing in revenues.
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What happened to this brainstorming receptionist?
They began shifting her into different higher areas of the organization. Her
brainstorming became very well known by upper management. In a very short time
(months) she scaled many titles above most. Each brainstorming idea she had was
quickly adopted. Before long, she became the “brainstorming star” in the
executive inner circles. In a super short time she was not only highly
respected, but made a six-figure salary and six-figures more in annual bonuses.
Everyone was shocked except me. I was not surprised because I have seen this
done many times over in the past 32 years of my professional career. But all were
shocked because this receptionist was young, had no formal education, no talent
and no skills. She had only been with WB a very short time. But as a direct
result of brainstorming, she became highly respected by very important people.
Brainstorming made her incredibly popular and everyone wanted to work with her.
Not only that, everyone wanted to socialize with her. She turned down more
parties in one week than most get invited to in a year. Few could understand why
and even fewer understood it was because she knew that brainstorming was a very
structured process (I will come back to the brainstorming process).
What should you learn from this brainstorming receptionist?
This brainstorming receptionist is just one example, as well as strong evidence, where
brainstorming can take you and just how fast. She is living proof that
brainstorming can be done by anyone regardless of age, education, skills or
talent. She mastered the brainstorming process and as a result, money
followed—lots of money. Brainstorming created growth situations that gave her
higher and higher positions and responsibilities. Brainstorming made her
extremely valuable to very important people and she loved her work.
- She rose very quickly to higher positions and responsibilities.
- She became extremely popular.
- She became very well known among senior management. These results were solely
because of her brainstorming outcomes.
Should you just think that it is always the other person and not you who can be creative and
that they will come up with the next new big idea? What should you do with what you have just
learned about brainstorming?
- You should learn the simple truth about how easy brainstorming is once you
know and use the real process!
- You should learn that process as quickly as you can and start the creativity
process today!
- You should introduce your creative results at every opportunity every day!
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No other skill moves people into higher
positions and more money quicker than brainstorming. When you understand the
brainstorming process, then you will become extremely valuable and in high
demand. You will never need to hunt for a job. Instead, organizations will hunt
for you.
"Brainstorming crosses all boundaries. Creativity skips over all barriers,
red tape and all of the challenges that hold you back. All in an organization are
forced to notice you and your innovations even if they don’t want to notice. They get left behind
otherwise. That's why brainstorming
creative people get noticed and advance!"
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How to Brainstorm
It all starts with learning and using the brainstorming process. You will learn
the correct brainstorming process here and now if you take the time to
understand and aren’t distracted away from this web site. You will learn how to
develop and implement brainstorming individually, in teams and in groups. You
will learn about famous inventor Thomas Edison’s brainstorming secret formula that led
to thousands of his successes. You will learn about others and about brainstorming case
studies ranging from large global companies down to small start-up companies.
You will have links to other valuable web sites that will give you some
important tips and techniques.
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Learn How to Brainstorm Today... Don't let another day pass you by!
Don’t get distracted. Bookmark this web site to your favorites now. Make sure
you spend some time now so you can understand at least, the general
brainstorming pattern. Then put this in your schedule to come back frequently
and regularly so that new additional brainstorming information will be learned,
and new important links and experiences can position you to master the
brainstorming process. But let me give you another powerful reason to take the
brainstorming process very seriously by some highlights taken from an interview by “Forbes Business
Magazine with Bill Gates.”
Bill Gates (Mircrosoft) Interviewed by Forbes Magazine on June 23, 2008, 6:00 pm EST.
To summarize: What triggered this important and meaningful interview was
because of Bill
Gates leaving Microsoft. The interview was centered on his 35 years of success.
Bill Gates had just given $36 billion dollars to charity. In other articles
about Bill Gates by Forbes Magazine and other magazines and newspapers,
it becomes very clear that Bill Gates attributed his success to
innovation, brainstorming and the fact he encouraged and fostered free thinking
in every part of his organization. You really get the sense of this in this
article after he repeatedly refers to how the Microsoft “Research Department” is
in every fiber of his organization’s current and historical successes (The full
summary of Bill Gates and his Innovative Brainstorming can be read later from
the link listed below. For now, please continue reading here).
- In effect, what this means is, brainstorming creative people are currently in
high demand—more than ever—and with good reason. But the question on the table
for you is...
- Now that you know how important brainstorming and creative thinking are, how
serious should you be about learning and acquiring these skills and acquiring
effective brainstorming creativity tools to advance your career?
In a moment I will reveal exactly how to brainstorm correctly as a process. Only
then will you fully understand why most today miserably fail at brainstorming while
others have repeated successes. Other successful brainstorming real world
examples will be revealed so you can compare why they were so successful again and
again only to find out it was because they used the correct process for brainstorming.
However, if you don’t take the time to verify these simple, effective
approaches, then brainstorming will always remain a mystery to you. And when you
try to brainstorm in a team situation, you will only come away embarrassed. On the other hand, if you take this seriously and don’t get distracted, then you
will soon become a brainstorming creative expert. You will become very valuable
to your company, your loved ones and most importantly, you will become valuable
to yourself. And money will automatically follow as a result. Then you will get
up every morning excited to go to work. You will love what you are doing. There
is nothing like that sense of value you will have once you master the
brainstorming process. Now here is the secret to your brainstorming success.
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Brainstorming and Creativity Explained
Brainstorming has been a mystery for thousands of years down to our day. The
reason for the mystery is that a fundamental truth has been overlooked. What has
been overlooked is the fact we are all “hardwired” for brainstorming.
"You are no different than Thomas Edison the world famous inventor, you
just don't know it yet. Once you learn and use the real
process that naturally aligns with how you are hardwired, then you will become
very valuable to your company, your loved ones and most importantly, you will
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The Creativity Difference
What allows people to be creative, while others are seemingly not, is the
difference of knowing and applying the brainstorming process. Once you have been
taught the process, new innovative and incredibly valuable ideas are easy to
come by.
Creativity
Fact: We are all hardwired for reading, writing and speaking. Once taught the
process of reading, anyone can read. Some read faster and comprehend more, but
not dramatically more. And faster reading is usually the result of nothing more
than practice. It is no different with writing. Once taught the process of
organizing vocabulary and grammar to communicate thoughts, anyone can write.
Some write better and faster, but again, usually the difference is the result of
practice. The same is true for brainstorming and creative thinking.
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Thomas Edison’s Brainstorming Secret
You are no different than Thomas Edison the world famous inventor. You are
hardwired for creativity like he was. When you examine Thomas Edison’s history
and approach, you will quickly realize he understood brainstorming as a process.
He used that process over and over. Creativity and brainstorming was not a “hit
or miss” pursuit for him. Each time he used the brainstorming process, he had
success. And so will you because you are no different than he was. He was
hardwired for brainstorming creativity and so are you.
- Brainstorming is a process. Once you understand the process, new innovative and
incredibly valuable ideas are easy.
- You are hardwired for creativity just like Thomas Edison which means you have
just as much creative brainstorming ability as he had.
Not only do you have everything to succeed like Thomas Edison had, you have one
big advantage over him—that of having computers. Today virtually no work is
accomplished without
some use of the computer. Computers typically do the heavy lifting mundane
boring things. Every successful person or company today employs computers in
some way. Therefore, software applications have been developed in an endless
variety of ways and have also been created for brainstorming creativity.
- Thomas Edison understood the brainstorming process and succeeded in every
project. You are no different than him only you have one big advantage over him.
- You are hardwired for reading, writing and speaking—it is no different for
brainstorming and creativity—you are hardwired you just don’t know it yet!
- Special software gives you a huge advantage over Thomas Edison—but be careful!
Beware of software. For the most part, these specialized brainstorming
creativity software programs reflect the
lack of understanding of the true brainstorming process. As a result, what are
available are eclectic bits and pieces of the process. In some cases these
programs may actually confuse things and are actually counterproductive in
brainstorming. These applications range from $50 to $1,300 and a few cost even
more. Beware! Even the extremely high priced ones demonstrate a lack of
understanding of the creativity brainstorming process as a whole. Paying a high
price does not guarantee you the desired results. The good news, however, is
that there is one software recently released that actually does closely align
and harmonize with the genuine creative brainstorming process. I’ll come back to
that subject later.
How to “Quick Start” the Brainstorming Process
The reading and writing processes have been taught to us from an early age. The
problem with the brainstorming process is that people such as Thomas Edison are
so engrossed in doing the process and having such phenomenal successes, that
they usually won’t take the time to teach others how. Unlike Thomas Edison, I have a
little different story. I have been effectively using the brainstorming process
for over 32 years in my professional life. However, because I often worked in
large fortune 100 companies, I would frequently be involved in team environments. This was
good for everyone and especially me because I saw many over the years “get it”
(the creativity process) and then they would use the process successfully and
fantastic things resulted.
My life has been tremendously enriched by this process and it has especially
been enriched by seeing others succeed once they learned the brainstorming
process themselves. This is why I chose to disclose the process in this web
site (What you will see here today is very little compared to what I will be
releasing over the next few weeks and months).
My reason for mentioning this is that it is so much better and easier to get the sense and use the
brainstorming process in the right way if you have someone to guide and mentor
you. But because your chances are a million to one of finding a mentor, the next
best thing is using the right kind of software that helps you to conform to the
natural brainstorming process. This is especially so if the process is broken
into simplest terms, while at the same time, the software facilitates and
enhances the entire process and outcomes. It is for these and many other reasons
why I have chosen to explain the true, correct and genuine brainstorming
process, while at the same time, sharing how a new software package makes many
of the steps and procedures very natural and easy to perform particularly in a
professional business environment.
(I am currently testing several other tools and will report my findings over the
next several weeks and months. Also, I
am working directly with technical people and organizations who may deliver even
more. I will keep you posted about
those results also.)
Additionally, detailed and virtually unknown successful and powerful
brainstorming deep secrets will be made available on a secured basis. Secured
for two reasons:
- Although this site is completeley protected under world copyright laws, information available to the general public can be stolen. I am happy to reveal
many of my 32 years of brainstorming secrets and successes. But I don’t believe
other people should get credit when they have not experienced the pains and
trial and error I have in so many ways across so many years.
- Instead, I believe people like yourself who have taken the time and invested
your energies deserve special information not available to the general public.
When you work hard to learn and apply the Brainstorming Process you should have
the deeper more important brainstorming building-blocks and secrets that others
won’t obtain. By your hard work you have earned that privileged information!
It is for these reasons I have chosen to announce not only public information
but also valuable secured information to a select few. Therefore, I will e-mail
you when new information is available on this general web site. More importantly,
I will e-mail you special passwords for secured information that will never be
made public at any time! I will never ask you for anything but an e-mail address
and name. And my Privacy Policy has always been to never reveal that information
to anyone else because I hate spam.
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Launch the Brainstorming Process the Easy Way
"Blank Page presents endless possibilities... mental block! Target Problem
Lists are the real key to effectively auto-brainstorming.
This one incredible process piece jump starts creativity in unimaginable ways!"
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Brainstorming and the "Blank Page"
“Blank Page” is one of the biggest issues in Brainstorming Creativity. When you
are faced with starting to create, invent and innovate new ideas, it is almost
impossible when faced with a blank page. The reason is it presents endless
possibilities. All those different paths and possibilities overwhelm the mind.
The writer’s solution is to start by editing. It’s always easier to edit rather
than having a blank page. Instead, they quickly write several paragraphs with
the idea that most paragraphs will never make it. But they have effectively
started the process of writing.
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What is a Target Problem List? How Does This List Fit Into the Brainstorming
Process? Where Does a Target Problem List Come From?
Like creative writers, learn to start with an already written piece and then
edit. This is where you use a Target Problem List. A Target Problem List is why
you would start the brainstorming creative processes in the first place. You’ll
see why in a minute. Next, take an item and start noting and recording around
that Target Problem Item. Note what could work and what won’t work as potential
solutions. To make this effort even easier, I will now introduce you to the only
software currently available that harmonizes with the true brainstorming
process. I will simply refer to this software as the “Brainstorming Tool
Software” (BTS).
- “Blank Page” is by far the biggest problem you will face in the brainstorming
creativity process. However, even though this new software presents the most
intuitive approaches to solve this issue… wait before you buy!
- Even though this software is less than $400; wait until you understand the value
it could bring. Otherwise, you are just wasting valuable time and money.Further
on down this page I will provide you the link to the company’s official web site
so you can learn more about it and buy it when you are ready. But be sure to use
the link I provide because if there are any special offers, my link will make
sure you get those discounts. From time to time the official source even sells
their software for under $300. So be sure and use my link when you are ready.
Also, I do not recommend buying this software from somewhere other than the
source because you won’t get the support and free updates.
Remember the key is the process—not the software. If you choose to accelerate your
learning and creative development speed using software, that is your choice.
Simply make sure you choose wisely. Now let’s get back to the brainstorming
process. So you have your Target Problem List and you begin by taking each item
and noting potential solutions along with what won’t work.
- Just by logging these discoveries, by the end of the week you will have found
tons of Target Problem Items.
- If you use BTS (“Brainstorming Tool Software”), you’ll find this to be even
easier. BTS streamlines this with ready-made templates.
- Supplying just one of your listed targets, BTS builds out ideas and paths in
several directions. Paths that super accelerate this part of the creative
brainstorming process.
This list is derived from places such as emails, complaints, surveys, missed
goals; virtually any place where the “mark” is missed. As an example, during any
workday things don’t seem to go as smoothly as expected or just seem to not
work out. What happens? We perform the “workarounds” to gap any issues so we can
get the job done. Several of these arise every single day even in the most
efficient environments. Add to these “workaround signals" any email you may
receive that could indicate an issue. If we receive a direct email complaint,
this is a clear signal of a “Target Problem Item.” However, many emails provide
signals where an issue is not clearly raised. Maybe just a sour tone is all you
see in an email. This could be an important clue there is something not hitting
the mark. Any other interaction, either internal or external, can easily provide
clues of hidden issues and problems.
Once you start logging each of these emails and other interactions and log each
event where you find yourself performing some form of “workaround,” you will
find that by logging all these that by the end of the week you will have found
tons of Target Problem Items. These become your Target Problem List. You have
just launched the Brainstorming Creativity process. Notice this is as if it was
automatic. It will feel automatic because it is natural and that is because you
are hardwired for brainstorming just like I am, Thomas Edison was, and just like
Bill Gates.
If you use BTS (“Brainstorming Tool Software”), you’ll find this to be even
easier. BTS really streamlines this because you can trigger ready-made
templates. These “Creativity Templates” push the process past the “blank page”
fast and easy. By supplying just one of your listed targets, BTS builds out in
several directions. Because of this ONE powerful feature, instead of starting
out with a cold blank page, you automatically go past this mind stopper/blocker
and are into editing. Therefore, there’s no idea blockage.
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Brainstorming Just Got Easier!
BTS builds out a brainstorming map based on and
around Target Problem Items.
Working clockwise and then counterclockwise... focus on each branch just for a
few seconds... add ideas to that branch. BTS then adds branches to each new
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Here is how BTS makes this easy...
First, select a mind map or one of the many preexisting businesses/creativity
brainstorming templates. Then enter your problem term/phrase. Now launch the
brainstorming process by using the “Type and Return” function. Instantly, BTS
builds out a brainstorming map based on and around that Target Problem Item.
Here is how I recommend using this feature. I like to work clockwise, and then
counterclockwise, going through each of the branches that were built out of my
start term. I focus on each branch just for a few seconds and add whatever pops
up into my mind to that branch. BTS then adds branches to it. What really makes
this process fly is I can take any branch or branch cluster and drag and drop it
to any other. All of a sudden thoughts just start pouring out as if it were
automatic. Again, this is because this approach is in harmony with natural
brainstorming and what is already hardwired in you.
What facilitates the whole effect is BTS’s Map Explorer. You are really going to
love this because you can quickly move around and focus on one area after
another without scrolling. I like this because nothing gets in the way of the
free flow of ideas. It’s very intuitive and we haven’t really even begun
generating ideas yet.
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How procedure facilitates the creativity process
Let’s talk about what you accomplish with this clockwise counterclockwise
routine. In effect what you are doing is setting up a creative mental rhythm. By
spending a few seconds on each item and then passing on to the next and so
forth, your mind is presented with ideas in rapid succession. In so doing you
are asking your mind at each element to discover something by both giving
consideration to that idea/element and by physical invitation by systematic
action. You do this first by clockwise consideration and then counterclockwise
thinking (you will see this kind of pattern often because it is part of your
creative hardwire).
Why does this work and promote ideas? To begin with, direction and rhythm are
important. You set out mental expectations by rhythm. Rhythm signals the mind
that it has only a few seconds to reach an idea as you stop at each element.
This is not a forced reaction it is just the natural reaction. Rhythm sets this
expectation up by the pace. Moving thought from one item to the next, with the
agreement that you will discontinue your thoughts about the one and will now
make a consideration of the next element, signals the mind to formulate ideas
fast and without filter. We often call this free-flow thinking so named by how
it feels when you experience it.
The problem most have is they do not know how to trigger free-flow thought and
so it is hit or miss for most. That’s because they overlook our hardwire nature.
Because of overlooking this nature they believe creative brainstorming must be
the result of “free-flow” activities and thus without process. That’s the big
mistake! It is only by process that you will have repeatable success. It is by
the correct process that you will improve this built-in talent just like reading
and writing.
What role does changing direction from clockwise to counterclockwise play? This
is another interesting and automatic piece that gets in harmony with our
hardwired brainstorming nature. The act of changing direction signals the brain
to change to another thought pattern. You can’t tell your brain by words to
change. The creative brain speaks in a different language. By the physical
change in direction your mind understands it must now change in thought
process/pattern.
Why is this change good? Each time you change your thought pattern and re-review
your idea elements you will recognize completely different things you were
unable to understand before. You will pick-up on different relationships between
ideas. You will see into each idea from a different vantage point. All of these
changes in turn trigger a whole new set of related but different ideas.
What overall effect does idea processing in this way have towards idea building?
Your overall effect is that you become intimate with each idea. Some tangible
benefits are the result. Idea processing in this way delivers many important
things such as:
- A stronger and deeper understanding of each element and how all of the elements
fit and work together is a powerful by-product.
- Benefits are new and better ideas come faster and easier.
- Solutions show themselves and become much easier to evaluate and eliminate.
All of this is the result of harmonizing with how you are hardwired. You
position your mind towards creativity. The outcomes are incredible and improve
with practice. You will be pleasantly shocked by how such an easy process
delivers such profound results in a seemingly automatic way.
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Rapid Brainstorming Creative Ideas!
“Map Explorer pushes the creativity process to the ultimate edge. Used in
connection with ton’s of business, creativity, mind-mapping
brainstorming templates facilitates idea and concept presentations that
springboard ideas easily and fast. ”
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Effective and Efficient Brainstorming
Brainstorming new ideas effectively and efficiently is what creative thinking is
all about. To be in demand, valued and paid the highest salaries in today’s
world, you need to become a brainstorming expert in the quickest way possible.
BTS goes way beyond this by jumpstarting the free flow of ideas by all of the
prebuilt and variety of brainstorming-creativity templates. Much more
is involved than just software... but there are significant advantages by using
the correct software.
Advantages/Benefits Using the Correct Software
Because ideas start coming so
fast, they could easily be leaked away. But because information is structured
automatically into mind maps, BTS is able to keep your thought process in
motion. Again, this is why this is one of the best investments you’ll make for
your organization and your career. Stay with me… don’t get distracted, I’ll
provide you with the links to this tool, but for now stay here and understand the
Brainstorming Process.
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Sparking Imaginative and Creative Brainstorming
Category Maps are another incredible way to spark imaginative and creative
brainstorms. Category Maps link ideas and then group them together in very
special ways. You get presented with whole new and completely different
Tree-View ways to see your brainstormed ideas. Again, this spawns other ideas. I
have done this on paper and on other software applications but the problem is
they won’t keep up with your mind. What I like most about BTS is it stays
intuitively ahead, thereby further facilitating the entire
creative/brainstorming process.
Affinity Diagramming presents another thought
provoking approach. By diagramming groups of ideas into an order by familiarity
and unique relationship, you get yet another totally different presentation of
thoughts. What you get is another opportunity to auto-trigger your thoughts in
the brainstorming process.
Gathering Ideas for Brainstorming
BTS templates and presentation maps and diagrams are only a part of what’s at the
heart of this powerful brainstorming tool. How ideas, concepts and innovations
are gathered and recorded is the other side of the equation. In each
presentation and each element, you just click through to add ideas. Whatever
idea elements or entire idea blocks need to be moved, you do so in free flow
manner anywhere just by dragging and dropping. When you are working with teams,
you will quickly see just how valuable this can be.
Brainstorming with Teams
One of the biggest challenges you encounter working with teams is starting without any team agreement. Here is what happens...
- Each team member starts into the creative/brainstorming process with some
preconceived idea of how things should be done. Much time, energy and creativity is lost because of this. I find when I
come with a tool that presents ideas in so many different and unexpected ways,
that everyone is satisfied and just fold right into the brainstorming project.
- In addition, I find when people recognize that a powerful software application
has well defined proven brainstorming approaches; most will just accept the
process approaches and get onboard. What BTS adds to this is the ability to
capture and tag each team member’s concepts and ideas.
Creativity/Brainstorming to Managing Projects Effectively
This was a huge surprise to me, and very valuable for real-world business
brainstorming situations. Over the last 32 years or so, I have worked with small
local to large national creative and result outcome teams. A huge problem I see
over and over again is that once ideas and concepts are pre-decided and placed
into special projects mode and then launched, there existed a flaw that often
becomes the deal breaker. What happens as the project is executed, as with any
new idea, there are those unanticipated holdups. What happens?
- Results in challenges that need to come back to the drawing board for
resolution. In other words, back into the brainstorming process. Guess what
happens?
- These challenges back up other things and soon to follow are other problems and
still others.
- Project managers build a whole new creative team and this new team starts to
reinvent the wheel in an effort to complete the project.
Things get very serious very fast... but here is a wonderful surprise!
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The Brainstorming Surprise!
Creative brainstorming done in the
proper way records concepts and ideas.
The downside is the tendency to break
thought flow.
Once ideas start streaming any pause can disrupt the flow.
BTS captures ideas as fast as they flow.
I value this much because any break in the
thought chain could mean several hours
trying to pick up the trail again.
Several meaningful built-in tools will move the
flow of thought along. These tools are intuitive
and actually contributes towards the overall outcome.
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Brainstorming Process Captures Everything
Rather than position project leads and teams for failure, BTS displays its real
genius! If you exploit this tool completely, here is what happens: First, your
brainstorming process has captured everything. You have gone from narrow to wide
and wide to narrow. You have done 360 degree circles around every idea and
concept.
You use all of the ideas and concept presentation and gathering functions and
finally, all participants see from these, the clear decision for the innovation.
Now BTS allows you to place this innovation into project production. You can do
this by simply exporting your brainstormed results map into Microsoft Project
and manage the project from MS Project or use another intuitive visual solution.
Visual Project Management and Creativity
The other solution is to manage the project directly from BTS. BTS provides a
full range of tools to scope, plan, monitor, manage and deliver on projects in
effective, natural and practical ways. But that’s not the best part. Whether you
choose to implement any project from BTS or Microsoft Project, the real secret
weapon is in the fact that you launched the project from BTS.
This is important because when a problem or challenge is encountered, rather
than have your project experience backend collapse, you can now just back up to
the inception points of the innovation. Because each concept and idea has been
tracked, you have a way to backtrack or retrace the steps.
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Rather than reinvent the wheel and try to get others on the same page (who may
never understand how you got to the innovation) you can just go back to the
trail. And because the ability exists to tie team members to their inputs and
ideas, you can re-engage the originators where needed. Therefore, by trailing
back to original innovators, this results in a much faster and more effective solution. For this
reason alone, the BTS tool stands out head and shoulders
above all.
Brainstorming Creative Collaboration
Built in are a whole set of tools to facilitate collaboration. You have the
ability to package any element, block of ideas or entire brainstorming sessions.
Entire maps, affinity diagrams or category maps can be transformed into PDFs,
HTML or even PowerPoint and then emailed out. Oh, did I forget to mention that
BTS integrates into Microsoft Outlook? You can even create packages to use with
WebEx and other collaborative tools.
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Brainstorming: The Key to Decision-Making Success
Decision making is a natural value-point in the creative brainstorming
process. The process of creative thinking makes each concept stand out clearly
because you are looking at each from many different sides and
perspectives.
BTS even goes a step further by ranking options with Categories. This
is incredibly intuitive.
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Decision-Making Becomes Natural
Innovation and decision-making work together in the creative brainstorming
process. Business today demands correct decisions. Brainstorming and creativity
done in the correct way makes decision-making easy. Why is this so? What makes
decision-making hard are distractions and the lack of clear thinking.
When you
mix into the decision-making process risk and time, correct decision-making
really gets hard and becomes a hit and miss event. Brainstorming is the only correct
way to solve this.
How Brainstorming Guarantees Correct Decisions
Decision-making, boiled down to its raw forms, is mostly either a selecting of
options or making one correct choice. Another way to say this is that you are presented
with a set of options where you just have to choose one. However, for the most
part, many of the options will work, and it becomes just a matter of choosing one
and sticking to it. The other type of decision making is choosing one thing and
only that one thing will work.
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The Brainstorming Creativity By-Product
A by-product of brainstorming in the correct way is a very clear and undistracted
view. As you follow the process of creative thinking, each concept you focus in
on stands out clearly because you are looking at it from many different
perspectives. You are contrasting and comparing. In effect, you are doing a 360
degree circle. Once you have done this, decisions are easy to make because of
how closely you have come to know all of the factors surrounding each choice.
This BTS decision-making template positions you to explore the alternatives, weigh the correct
risks, and to see and recognize all of the success factors. Because you use the built-in Map Explorer, it is all performed easily. BTS even goes a step further by
ranking options with Categories. This is incredibly intuitive. Because every
step is mapped out, you can walk others through each phase and explain why you
made your decision with complete confidence.
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Brainstorming and Effective Impact Analysis
Now
BTS makes available powerful SWOT tools. SWOT stands for Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. SWOT is becoming more and more important
in today’s global business evaluations.
Combined with other views of decision-meaning and making information
brainstorming can now engage powerful tools for drawing correct business
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Real World Decision Impact Analysis
In real world business decisions and strategies, nothing is isolated. Each
decision we make has the potential of impacting other areas both in positive and
negative ways. This is a very critical piece in the brainstorming process. In
addition to the many other tools built into BTS, I found other valuable tools
designed for impact analysis.
There are a group of Solution and Effect templates that facilitate this type of real world brainstorming analysis. These
are very valuable because they facilitate exploring and identifying major
effects of any solution point.
These tools make analyzing the impact of these
efforts straight forward. What I like most about these is that results are
presented in an Output Tree diagram. So you see things from left to right; in
others words, a “Solution to Effect” output. Everything is extremely visual;
therefore it becomes very clear where the analysis is leading to. But this is just the
surface of Brainstorming Impact Analysis.
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Deep Dive Analysis of Brainstorming
For those of us involved in small to large scale mission critical decisions, BTS
provides other extremely useful tools for brainstorming impact analysis. These
are the SWOT tools (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats). SWOT is a
more in-depth impact analysis that has become much more popular in this global
business we operate in today. SWOT provides not only the picture of any decision
impact, but fills that picture in with color—full color. The downside of course
is the complexity of this type of deep dive impact analysis. However, by using
BTS, this approach is made simple:
- First, you select the central branch of your BTS map that you are interested in
analyzing.
- Next, you use the Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats arms to gather
the information. The result is you will easily identify the correct way to
proceed and go forward with your brainstorming solution.
You can then further your analysis using the powerful Categories function to
help analyze and understand the impacting information. In addition, you can
input recommendations as a result of SWOT, directly on that branch of your map.
You can also assign resources to accomplish tasks for success in the same way.
The entire SWOT analysis process is broken down to simple terms and then made
clear to understand visually. Here’s another wonderful surprise included in BTS
in line with the brainstorming process.
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Brainstorming and Purposeful Team Meetings
Start any meeting out with an agenda that brings strong direction
no matter what type of meeting.
Distribute Mind-Maps and other Biz Brainstorming data Views
in HTML, PDF, Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio Diagrams. BTS seamlessly
integrates into other organizational tools: MS Office Application, MS Project,
MS Outlook and Visio.
Everything from brainstorming, to purposeful team meetings, to visual project
management is delivered in this feature-packed brainstorming creativity business
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Team Meeting Productivity Tools
One other set of brainstorming features I want to highlight that I found
valuable, especially in team environments, are the Meeting Productivity tools.
BTS provides a template for meetings management. This template is valuable
because it makes your meetings purposeful. Your meeting plan is jumpstarted with
a checklist. Instead of walking into a meeting open-ended, you start out with an
agenda that brings strong direction to any meeting. You simply use Map Explorer and move
through the agenda to assign tasks and resources.
It is done in such a way that each member clearly knows what is expected of
him/her personally. Meeting minutes are intuitively captured along with action
items. You can then instantly distribute action items and meeting minutes in
several different, efficient ways.
You can distribute these via HTML, PDF, Word,
MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio Diagrams and/or others. It’s easy to package all
of the results from BTS into one or multiple files. All can be exported and all
can be tracked and updated seamlessly through MS Outlook.
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Brainstorming Tool Software Is Not For Everyone
BTS works in Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and later versions. BTS requires 100MB of hard disk
space and 256MB of RAM. You get 2 user licenses so you can install on 2
different computers (I really like this!) Other tools with similar features
sell for $500 to $600. These might interest you, but for me they are a waste.
Although other tools are available in the range of $50 to $300, these others are
nothing more than “carve-outs” and usually deliver only one of the many CORE
FUNCTIONS of BTS. I recommend BTS for several reasons:
- Creativity and Brainstorming is
tremendously facilitated and amplified by how intuitively information is
captured, analyzed and visually delivered in many inspirational ways.
- Built in
Collaboration tools foster team synergy and creativity.
- Large scale impact
analyses are delivered easily and intuitively making it simple for anyone to
draw proper, insightful conclusions and decisions.
- BTS seamlessly integrates into other organizational tools: MS Office
Application, MS Project, MS Outlook and Visio.
- BTS has many varieties of tools that align with real world business
brainstorming processes that deliver streamlined, efficient and profitable
results.
- Redundancies are reduced while productivity is increased.
- Everything from brainstorming, to purposeful team meetings, to visual project
management is delivered in this feature-packed brainstorming creativity business
tool.
I am sure that you realize BTS is not
the actual name of this Brainstorming Tool Software, but it is how I refer to it
because of how useful I have found this for brainstorming.
Brainstorming Tool Software... click
through to the Official Software source company.
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How Valuable is Creativy to Video Game Industry?
This is about how Kyle Gabler succeeded so quickly. Forbes interview about creative 28-year old who just didn’t know he couldn’t success and then just went ahead and
succeeded. Rusty Burchert from Sony Corporation reveals creativity secret of
Thomas Edison (famous inventor) and other very successful brainstormers. It’s so
simple yet one of the most overlooked principles of creativity. Learn from this
article what you need to avoid and why. How no matter how old or young you are
you can advance your career just by learning and using successful proven
strategies of the brainstorming process. Learn how now all more than ever all
industries value creative thinking.
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Attitude Heightens Creativity!
Forbes Magazine interviews Sigal Barsade. He is a management professor who has
conducted a 14 year exhaustive laboratory study on brainstorming. Professor
Barsade has disproved many false ideas about brainstorming. He also has proven
many things that give evidence that brainstorming done correctly and successful
is the direct result of process. We are all "hardwired" for brainstorming
creativity and will only succeed if we harmonize with how we are hardwired. How
emotions and moods can affect creativity either for fabulous outcomes or
failure. Learn how anyone can be influenced by another’s mood or attitude. Learn
how to frame brainstorming efforts for success by what to avoid and what to
develop.
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The Creativity Cycle
Brainstorming creativity is a process that properly harmonizes with how we
innovate by nature. Creativity is also cyclical. Each phase exerts extreme
influence. There is a global nature and incremental nature to this cycle. Each
phase sets up for the next and the next and so forth. Once you understand these
powerful phases you can get in rhythm with the cycle and benefit from each
stage. Learn how one phase is when companies in general find themselves at
economic crossroads that force nearly every organization at the point to
introduce innovation immediately or go out of business. Do you know what phase
of the Creativity Cycle we are not in? Learn how to recognize the signals. Learn
how to get in step and become in high demand!
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How Kid From Bronx NY Got His Billionaire Contacts!
It’s who you know that gets you into the best situations. But did you know that
creative people attract the most powerful influential people in the world? Did
you know this attraction is beneficial and automatic? Kasseem Mike Dean found
this out completely by accident. Every week he “round-tables” with millionaires
and billionaires! They want him in those weekly meetings for important reasons.
Kasseem’s brainstorming ability is why billionaires value him so much.
Brainstorming creativity is why he is the backbone of more than 100 Million
records being sold. Creativity is why his is sought out by the world’s most
famous and most popular music artists. And Kasseem was just 16 when he started.
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Kyle’s Brainstorming Experience: An Important Lesson in Creativity and How Quickly You Can Succeed in Your Career!
One of the greatest innovations of our day has produced countless fortunes… but
not for the original inventor. That’s because he violated one of the most
important principles of creativity. Who was he? What did he do? What did he not
do? On the other hand, Kyle Gabler cooperated with that critical creativity
principle… and at just 28-years old has his dreams coming true in ways he could
never have anticipated. Kyle shot to the top so fast he found himself in front
of news reporters from around the world. He is living proof that no matter what
your background, age or skill if you understand how to Brainstorm there is no
limit to your success.Click to:”Kyle’s Brainstorming Experience: An Important
Lesson in Creativity and How Quickly You Can
Succeed in Your Career!” to learn more…
Did You Know Brainstorming Has No Competition?
Understanding how brainstorming boils-up fresh new ideas and concepts will prove
to you there is no one who can compete against you and there is no reason anyone
who brainstorms would want to compete. Learn how a popular new fast-food concept
is making a whole slew of innovators tons of money. Because there are so many
different ways this fast-food opportunity is being implemented it shows fresh
new yet simple ideas provide new jobs and lots of new opportunities. You will
learn how creative ideas come out of a combination of factors. How each of these
factors will reveal themselves in different ways over time and in different
order. You will learn how to recognize this outcome by way of a case study.
Finally, you will be able to prove to yourself why you will never need to
compete when you master the brainstorming process.
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Names and Brands: Today's Global Opportunity for Creativity and Creative Thinkers!
Jack Trout, famous bestselling author explains how company names, product names
and brand names are greatest assets for any company. Trout, points out a growing
global problem now exists because good names are already taken. This is an
alarming situation for many companies yet this situation opens yet another
fantastic area of opportunity for those who understand how to brainstorm. Former
chairman for the Quaker Oats company further highlights the value names have.
And Forbes magazine furthers this idea by showing there are even companies in
the business of capturing and accumulating names and brands for the purpose of
reselling them. There exists a tremendous void according to experts a void that
can only be filled by creative innovators.
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Brainstorming Receptionist
A receptionist brainstormed a very simple idea that saved WB money in the
administrative offices each week. Soon after, she brainstormed other simple, yet
innovative ideas. Her other creative ideas were quickly adopted. The Studio was
saving even more money in other departments. Other brainstorming ideas resulted
in not just saving money, but these new brainstormed ideas were bringing in
revenues.
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