When you learn about brainstorming, there is often a focus on how "spontaneous" it should be. Don't worry if an idea is good or bad, just add it to the list! During undergrad I took several of Tau Beta Pi's "Engineering Futures" classes. One of the topics was a modified approach to brainstorming.
With the mindset they taught, the quality of the ideas are still unimportant, but you go about producing them in an organized way. Say you are trying to come up with the list of things you need to buy from the store. Instead of simply writing things down, you create categories and then fill in each category. For our shopping example, you might list each room in your house as a category and then think about what things you need for each room. If you are trying to figure out the best way to solve an engineering problem at work you might have categories like "new equipment" and "better software."
What are your thoughts on brainstorming? After a quick read through this link on the topic, it looks like I am describing a more task-oriented version of brainstorming. Which makes sense for an engineering-focused training on the subject.
With the mindset they taught, the quality of the ideas are still unimportant, but you go about producing them in an organized way. Say you are trying to come up with the list of things you need to buy from the store. Instead of simply writing things down, you create categories and then fill in each category. For our shopping example, you might list each room in your house as a category and then think about what things you need for each room. If you are trying to figure out the best way to solve an engineering problem at work you might have categories like "new equipment" and "better software."
What are your thoughts on brainstorming? After a quick read through this link on the topic, it looks like I am describing a more task-oriented version of brainstorming. Which makes sense for an engineering-focused training on the subject.
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