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Structured ideation sessions
To generate diverse ideas systematically when facing challenges that require creative thinking. When facing a challenge that requires creative solutions, use a structured process. Key principles: • Separate generation from evaluation—first generate many ideas without critique, then evaluate • Use… An ongoing team scaffold (ideation session), run as needed, not as a one-off session.
Practical
- Time
- 45-90 min
- Group
- 3–20 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- None beyond ordinary meeting/work settings
- Mechanisms
- life-embedding, creative-expression
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice (As needed)
Origin & where it lives
Thomas Jordan & Claude [AI] (IDG for Teams handbook — team scaffold) — IDG practice (idg.thomasjordan.se)
Instructions: open online
In this directory via Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library
Team leader role (Jordan): Facilitate or arrange facilitation. Enforce the separation of generation and evaluation. Contribute ideas but do not dominate.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25