Everyone has been on a team project where
the project stalled due to lack of possible solutions. This problem reminds me
of a team project called Synapse that the Defensed Advanced Research Projects
Agency and IBM faced.
How did these scientist find new possible
solutions? What brainstorming activity did they use when everything looked
hopeless?
According to the New York Times article
by Dharmendra S. Modha, the team of 25 participants crowd a room to go through
a Six Hats brainstorming exercise.
This exercise allowed the team to use a blueprint that removed the teams
emotions and tap into the creative possibilities to finish the Synapse project.
This blueprint became the standard for all challenges the team
encountered in the future.
Below are the most important takeaways the
team took away per the Dharmendra S. Modha:
1. Identify problems and confront them
proactively.
2. Under deadline pressure, use a flat
management structure, allowing people to contribute ideas rapidly.
3. To sustain morale and keep team members
engaged and productive, share credit for successes and learn from failures.
4. Remember that the creative potential of
committed individuals, if harnessed properly, has great potential to bring
constructive change.
So the next time you encounter an unsolvable
problem, look to the Six Hats for
a blueprint to solve the problem.
By de Bono Consulting
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