Group Passing Technique – seat everyone in a circle. Each person writes their idea on paper, which is then passed clockwise to next person. The next person then adds onto the idea. Continue brainstorming until all the papers have moved around the circle until they are all back with their original innovator. Then, vote on all the ideas.

Team Idea-Mapping Technique – here the focus is on the power of collaboration. Everyone is given a topic, for each person to develop as many ideas as possible. All ideas are then put on a group idea map (ensuring no ideas are left out).

Nominal Group Technique – this idea comes from Delbecq and Vandeven. Divide everyone in the large group into smaller groups. Each group writes ideas anonymously, to be collected by the facilitator; the ideas can later be voted on.

The process of brainstorming can be used to facilitate increasing the flow of creative problem-solving ideas within many contexts, both at work and at home in your relationships. It is just one of those life-skills which everyone can benefit from, in responding creatively with processes which help breakthrough the challenges that life puts before all of us!