Idea Generation

Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational

Holding · facilitation1 — host

Trust · group readiness★any

Disclosure · what is sharednone

A structured creative round that alternates deliberately between divergent and convergent thinking — generate widely without judging, then narrow — so that a change initiative starts from a real spread of options rather than the first idea anyone said out loud.

Practical

Time: 25-30 min
Group: 1–∞ · individual, small-group
Settings: in-person, online
Materials: Worksheet in the guide; sticky notes or a shared surface
Mechanisms: creative-expression, dialogic-encounter
Change scope: state → skill · repeatable

Instructions

Where: unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Step_Up_A_Pocket_Guide_… — Step Up! A Pocket Guide to Social Change for Young Leaders, open
Availability: Open online — published at the link, free to read

Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Gerard Puccio — Creative Problem Solving, adapted in UNFPA's Step Up! pocket guide (2021)

In this directory via Step Up! A Pocket Guide to Social Change for Young Leaders

Related: Structured ideation sessions (alternative-to)

status: checked · added 2026-08-29