Schools 2030 HCD Sprint book

35 Prepare to Brainstorm Instructions: Now that you have explored and defined the problem, you are ready to brainstorm. Brainstorming is an active, collaborative process that will not be completed in this toolkit, but rather on the wall in your space. Use the guidelines below to help your team generate potential solutions to the problem you identified. If you do not have adequate wall space, you can collect ideas in this toolkit. MATERIALS NEEDED... • 3 HMW questions, each on written on the top of a separate piece of chart paper • Wall space for 3 pieces of chart paper • A timer • 1 thick black marker (sharpie) per person • 1 pad of square post-its per person • 1 set of circular stickers per person • Creative and collaborative brains! RULES OF BRAINSTORMING... • Generate as many ideas as possible - go for quantity over quality at this point in the process • Encourage out of the box, wild ideas that have never been tried before • Build on the ideas of others - say, “Yes, and!” • Don’t be negative about other people’s ideas - or your own! • Let go of your expertise - even if you have already tried something, maybe it would be worth trying again • Stay focused and work as a team • Show and say your idea so that your teammates can remember it and use it as inspiration 1 PRE-BRAINSTORM Set the Space • As a team, choose your three best HMW questions you created from the previous section. • Rewrite them each on a piece of separate chart paper in big enough handwriting that everyone on your team can read them when they are posted on the wall. • Stick the three pieces of chart paper on the wall in an area where everyone on your team can crowd around. If you do not have adequate wall space, collect your ideas in the following pages of the toolkit. • Make sure every member of the team has a pad of square post-it notes and a thick black marker (sharpie). • Set the timer for ten minutes. • If you are not able to hang chart paper on the wall, use the Group Brainstorm page further in this section of the toolkit. Solo Brainstorm • In order to get ready to participate in your group brainstorm, use the Solo Brainstorm sheet to generate three ideas on your own using your team’s HMW questions. 2 CONDUCT A GROUP BRAINSTORM • Start with the first HMW question. • Have everyone gather around that one sheet of chart paper - you will only brainstorm on one question at a time. • Have a member of the team read the HMW question out loud and make sure that everyone understands the question. • Start the timer or stopwatch. • Everyone works together to generate as many ideas as possible. Follow the Rules of Brainstorming above. • For each idea that is generated, the team member who generated it should write it down (one per post-it) and then stick it on the chart paper while also saying it aloud. Don’t explain or debate - just keep going. • If you are running out of ideas, use the creativity prompts below. • After the timer goes off, switch to another HMW question and repeat these steps. CREATIVITY PROMPTS • How would a sports coach solve this problem? • How would a superhero solve this problem? • Draw inspiration from a festival or celebration. • How would you solve this problem if you had unlimit- ed resources? • How would you solve this problem tomorrow? BRAINSTORM PROCEDURES GROUP BRAINSTORM PREPARE TO BRAINSTORM SORTING FOR SELECTION IDENTIFYING HIGH POTENTIAL IDEAS IDEA SELECTION SELECTING INNOVATIVE IDEAS SELECTING ONE IDEA TO ADVANCE LAUNCH EXPLORE DEFINE GENERATE MAKE TEST TELL PLAN TO IMPLEMENT