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Exercises for Divergent Ideation

Divergent ideation exercises open up options: rough ideas, wide associations, and permission to explore before anyone commits to a direction. They also strengthen Participation Architecture, spreading contribution beyond the loudest voices in the room. Use them when the group needs volume and range before convergence.

This category groups exercises by relationship stage, one of the eight purposes the library is organized around.

210 exercises

Make a World

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Awestruck 3 Minutes

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Spectrum Mapping

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

How Might We

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Carousel

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Skill Will Matrix

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Image Brainstorming

Prompted Conversation · 15 to 30 minutes

Experience Quotes

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

SCAMPER Idea Generation

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Personal Buzzfeed

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

3-12-3 Brainstorm

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Random Words

Prompted Conversation · 15 to 30 minutes

Idea Boxes

General Collaboration Exercise · 15 to 30 minutes

Bodystorming

Applied Improv · 30 to 60 minutes

Power Position

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Creative Problem Solving Suite

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Idea Speed Dating

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Individual Perspectives

Circle Dialogue · 30 to 60 minutes

50 Word Epiphany

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Silly Dancing

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Southwest Model Draw

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Use Your Amygdala

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

The Emperor's Thumb

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

What If

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Responses to No

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Create Your One-Line Bio Together

Applied Improv · 5 to 15 minutes

Phone Stacking

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Tableau

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Time Wasters

Personal Disclosure · 30 to 60 minutes

Place Your Bets

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Divergent Thinking Mind Map Style

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Argue It Out

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Hot Potato Tags

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Up And Down

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Brain Shifter

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Q Test

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Business Books

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Twenty-Two Habits for Better Creativity

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Generations

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Structured Sticky Note Brainstorming

Prompted Conversation · 30 to 60 minutes

Storyboard

Collaborative Story Building · 30 to 60 minutes

Team Role Development Matrix

Ideation Warm-Up · 60+ minutes

Image-ination

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Concerns in a Hat

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Movie Name Tags

Name Learning · 15 to 30 minutes

Design Your Hierarchy

Applied Improv · 15 to 30 minutes

One Word Whip

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Fishbowl

Circle Dialogue · 30 to 60 minutes

1-2-4-All

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Brainwriting

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Idea Volume Brainstorming

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Phone-a-Friend Resource Mapping

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Building and Shifting the Discourse

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Practicing Deliberation with Others: Legislative Jury

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Phillips 6/6

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Elephant in the Room

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Back of the Napkin

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Plus/Delta

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Sex Ed Cards

Prompted Conversation · 15 to 30 minutes

4 Markers for Your Odds

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Yellow Pages Mashup

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Yes, But...

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Build the Checklist

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Too Fast Too Slow

Prompted Conversation · 5 to 15 minutes

Braindrawing

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Pie Chart Agenda

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Nippon

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Jeffersonian Dinner Discussion

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Social Loafing Discussion

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Sound for the Source

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

NUF Test

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

How Might We (HMW)

Personal Disclosure · 15 to 30 minutes

Random Inputs

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

The Pitch

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Triangles

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

New Personality Research

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Zoom Problem Ladder

Prompted Conversation · 30 to 60 minutes

Deepening Table Top Conversations

Prompted Conversation · 5 to 15 minutes

Affinity Map

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Walk in the Door Big Share

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Affinity Diagram

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Rain Maker

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Bring Your Own Dashboard

Ideation Warm-Up · 60+ minutes

Cover Story

Workspace Ritual · 30 to 60 minutes

System Sculpting

Applied Improv · 30 to 60 minutes

Plus Delta Feedback

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Luck in an Envelope

Adventure Initiative · 60+ minutes

Team Puzzle

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

One Simple Post-It for Success

Arrival Check-In · 5 to 15 minutes

The Anti-Problem

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Triads

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Feel or Be in AWE

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Mandela Strategies: UWT Reading Discussion

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Asynchronous Reciprocity

Asynchronous Remote Game · 5 to 15 minutes

Crazy 8s

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Big Solutions in a Box Walk

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Action Needed

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Mount Rushmore

Collaborative Story Building · 5 to 15 minutes

Air Time Mastermind

Name Learning · 15 to 30 minutes

Force Field Analysis

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Time Savers

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Who Are We?

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Point to Present

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Mapping Business Models

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

WhoDo

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

The Kipling Method

Prompted Conversation · 15 to 30 minutes

I've Got Questions

Prompted Conversation · 5 to 15 minutes

Product Pinocchio

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Curiosity Quotient

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Brainstorming

Prompted Conversation · 30 to 60 minutes

Whose Line Is It Anyway

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

35 Prioritization

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Pixar Critique Sessions

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Fill-in-the-Blank Reward System

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

SAFE-BOLD Framework

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Whip Around

Prompted Conversation · 5 to 15 minutes

Altitude

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Brainwriting

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

The Sunset

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

Reaction Envelopes

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Community Garden Planning and Action

Ideation Warm-Up · 60+ minutes

Peacock Focus

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Walk About

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

5-3-1 Summarizing Technique

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Saturate and Group

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Mask Making

Visual Thinking · 30 to 60 minutes

Mapping Design Operations

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Walking Backwards

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Prune the Future

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Switch It Brainstorm

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Post-Up

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Collaborative Life Drawing

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Teaching Procedures

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Fishbowl Panel

Prompted Conversation · 30 to 60 minutes

Choose Your Words Wisely

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Forced Connections

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Why It Won't Work

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

C.I.A. Crazy Idea Brainstorm

Ideation Warm-Up · 60+ minutes

Read Weirdly and Widely

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

What is in Your Toolkit?

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Visualize It!

Ideation Warm-Up · 60+ minutes

Lo-Tech Social Network

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

The Basketball Team Retrospective

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Round Robin Brainstorming

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Flip It

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Remember and Do Build

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Atomize

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Campfire

Collaborative Story Building · 30 to 60 minutes

Status Center

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

How-Now-Wow Matrix

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

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