Question

Christopher, a young manager, heads a team of 13 members who work together on a technical project. He finds that his team is not able to generate creative ideas lately. According to Brown and Paulus (2002), which of the following ways should Christopher most likely adopt to enhance group brainstorming in this scenario

Answer 1

Inspire, Encourage, Motivate, Pay attention, Stay focused, etc. these are some of the ways.

Explanation:

Some effective methods should be adopted by Christopher to enhance group brainstorming to generate creative ideas for any project, are:

1. He should try to inspire brainstormers by different means.

2. He should always appreciate to every individual or group approaches.

3. He should always pay attention to everyone's ideas.

4. Try to communicate with each individual as to know more about their hobby.

5. He should more encourage people to exchange their ideas by means of writing or computers.

6. Promote & motivate team members to speak and listen to each other.

7. For group brainstorming, heterogeneous groups appear more useful.