Project Ideation & Brainstorming Activities for Innovative Solutions
Engage in purposeful ideation sessions with your team using tools like "How Might We?" and "S.C.A.M.P.E.R." to foster creativity, explore new perspectives, and generate innovative project ideas. Follow structured instructions, adhere to activity rules, and embrace a culture of wild ideas and collaboration.
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PROJECT IDEATION & BRAINSTORMING ACTIVITES
WHAT TO EXPECT: 1. HOW MIGHT WE? PURPOSE INSTRUCTONS ACTIVITY RULES ACITIVY 2. S.C.A.M.P.E.R. PURPOSE INSTRUCTIONS ACTIVITY
PURPOSE Tool to develop ideation sessions with your team Network with other teams to gain new perspectives Discover your passions through brainstormed ideas Potentially create a new project idea to bring back to the team
INSTRUCTIONS Use this tool during ideation sessions with your teams. It is a great way to get your team to start brainstorming or change their perspective in order to create a new idea. The best projects are the one s your team genuinely feels passionate about and this tool can help to draw ideas from passion. Give it a shot and see what happens! Time: 45 minutes- 1 hour Materials: Zoom/google hangout etc., pens, paper, online collaboration tool (Mural or Miro) How to Play: Bring your team together on Zoom/google hangout etc. Set the stage, let everyone know the purpose of today s session. Today you are getting together to discover what you are passionate about and see how you can incorporate that into a future project. Use slideshow to run through activity with your team :) Set some ground rules. No ideas are bad ideas, write down any ideas that come to mind, quantity over quality and let your mind race. Try your hardest to stay focused on the topic, brainstorming is mentally draining but do your best to stay on task. Have everyone grab some paper or a pen to write down ideas, or you can start writing directly on the online collaboration tool (Mural or Miro). Sometimes ideas flow easier using pen and paper. Divide up the SDGS (LINK) amongst your team, feel free to pick just a few SDGs that resonate most with your team rather than all of them. This is a great time to break your team up into smaller groups, potentially leverage the breakout room feature on Zoom. Have your team members create How Might We statements for each SDG. Check out this resource to learn all about How Might We statements. It is your goal to come up with as many ideas as possible for each How Might We statement. Remember quantity over quality, write down ANYTHING that comes to mind. No idea is too big or too small. Don t worry about the feasibility or implementation of the ideas that come to mind If your team is using pen and paper now is a good time to transfer ideas to your online collaboration tool. Spend a few minutes putting ideas up on the boards and organizing them. Have everyone put a dot or a star on the ideas they like the best (this is called dot voting or dotmocracy). The ideas with the most votes are the ones you should take away and try to turn into a project.
TODAYS RULES Defer Judgment Encourage wild ideas & creativity Replace BUT with AND Stay focused on the topic One conversation at a time WRITE IT ALL DOWN Quantity over Quality
HOW MIGHT WE? Tips: Amp up the good & remove the bad Play against the challenge Change a status quo Break POV into pieces Avoid broad and specific statements: HMW change poverty HMW change the poverty rate from 9.5% to 8.3% in Canada HMW reduce the poverty rate in Canada? Example How Might We statements
HOW MIGHT WE? STEP 1: Develop HMW statements Based off the SDG on your Table Examples HMW reduce the consumption of single use plastics? HMW encourage mental health practices among single parents? You have 15 Minutes of Brainstorming
HOW MIGHT WE? STEP 2: Select statements Select 1-3 statements to work into the next section You have 5 minutes for selection
HOW MIGHT WE? STEP 3: Create your solutions Now you are going to use the statements you create and brainstorm solutions You have 15 minutes for solutions
HOW MIGHT WE? STEP 4: Select the Idea Independent activity Use Dotmocracy to select your idea Everyone has 3 checks Select the top three ideas in your groups Don t just select your own, select the ones you feel passionate about You have 5 minutes for selection
HOW MIGHT WE? STEP 5: Tell us about it Pick 1 idea Select one person to explain to the group You will have 2 minutes to explain the idea
TODAYS RULES Defer Judgment Encourage wild ideas & creativity Replace BUT with AND Stay focused on the topic One conversation at a time WRITE IT ALL DOWN Quantity over Quality
S.C.A.M.P.E.R STEP 1: Read out each of the below prompts, adapting them appropriately for your team. For each prompt, Set the timer for 1- minute. Write as many ideas as you can and then move on the next prompt. Repeat until you answer each prompt. S S- -Substitute Substitute What would happen to the project if we What would happen to the project if we swapped X for Y? swapped X for Y? C C- -Combine Combine- - What would happen to the project if we What would happen to the project if we combined X with Y? combined X with Y? M M- -Modify Modify- - What could we modify to create more value on What could we modify to create more value on this project? this project? P P- -Put to other use Put to other use- - what other uses or applications might what other uses or applications might this project have? this project have? E E- -Eliminate Eliminate- - what could we remove from the project to what could we remove from the project to simplify it? simplify it?
S.C.A.M.P.E.R STEP 2: Share Ideas If in person, sticky notes are a great way to track ideas and share. If online, try using Mural or Miro . Set up the online boards with each prompt. Give everyone a few minutes to transfer their ideas to the online board
S.C.A.M.P.E.R STEP 3: Select the Idea Independent activity Use Dotmocracy (Everyone has 3 checks) to have each member star an idea Select the top Ideas to focus on Don t just select your own, select the ones you feel passionate about You can place all three on one idea or split them up
S.C.A.M.P.E.R STEP 4: Next Steps Now you can work together to decide which ideas to move forward with and how Divide up and assign a few members to work on ideas Continue refining ideas
