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Outline
your hopes for the process and the overall structure of your session in
your opening comments.
Iterate
the commitment to creative thinking and review the session's
procedures.
You
may want to include a report on the economic environment or the status of
your current market.
This
may seem like common sense, but hold your meeting in a comfortable place
free of interruptions and distractions. Consider going to a hotel or
conference center.
The
process can take a couple of days and you may want to go to a
resort.
Be
sure to have a structure to the meeting otherwise you will be wasting time
and money:
Appoint
someone external to the business to facilitate. It should be someone well
respected and impartial. (We can take on that role for you).
Commit
to creative thinking so no idea is immediately rejected as impractical or
undesirable. (Sometimes impractical or impossible suggestions can spark
other extremely positive ideas).
Find
someone to write down the essence of what the group discusses and
decides.
Make
sure you have a flip chart, markers, and masking tape or thumb
tacks.
Follow
an agenda and stay focused. |
