{"product_id":"2940149052714","title":"SmartStorming: The Game Changing Process for Generating Bigger, Better Ideas","description":"SmartStorming: The Game Changing Process for Generating Bigger, Better Ideas \u003cbr\u003eIn today's fast-paced, innovation-driven economy, chaos and disruptive change are the new \"business as usual.\" Organizations, business owners, entrepreneurs, and even individuals have no choice but to reinvent themselves and their product or service offerings on an ongoing basis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey must innovate--or risk slipping into irrelevance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInnovation is fueled by a constant stream of new ideas; and group brainstorming is the most widely utilized process for generating that fresh, original thinking. However, brainstorming as typically practiced is a fundamentally flawed process--loosely structured, poorly facilitated, lacking in effective techniques--and it often produces too few, truly innovative ideas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's no wonder. Over 90% of those leading brainstorming sessions, in any industry, have had no formal training in how to do so effectively.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmartStorming: The Game-Changing Process for Generating Bigger, Better Ideas is one of the most comprehensive how-to manuals and idea generation toolkits ever published on the subject of brainstorming. It can help anyone learn how to consistently plan and lead highly effective brainstorms, and unleash the creative problem-solving genius of any group!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders are introduced to a totally new approach to group ideation. Not just another creative-thinking technique, SmartStorming is a powerful brainstorming system, combining the essential structure, leadership skills, tools, and techniques necessary for success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn SmartStorming: The Game-Changing Process for Generating Bigger, Better Ideas, you will learn...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 steps critical to brainstorming success\u003cbr\u003eThe secret to helping any group \"think outside the box\"\u003cbr\u003eHow to create group alignment to achieve a common goal\u003cbr\u003eHow to inspire and masterfully guide groups through \"blue sky\" idea explorations\u003cbr\u003e10 game-changing rules of play\u003cbr\u003eThe art of powerful questioning\u003cbr\u003eHow to keep a group's productivity high and on track\u003cbr\u003eHow to engage the \"silent thinkers\"\u003cbr\u003eHow to manage \"wet blankets\" and \"attention vampires\"\u003cbr\u003eHow to quickly and objectively select the very best ideas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlus, it includes a valuable toolkit filled with planners, checklists, \"cheat sheets,\" and detailed instructions for 20 super-productive, idea-generation techniques, many of which are unavailable anywhere else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is certain to become an indispensable guide you will want to refer to time and time again--every time you lead a brainstorming session.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo learn more visit SmartStorming.com.","brand":"Dog Ear Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108962255088,"sku":"2940149052714","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149052714_p0.jpg?v=1763712038","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149052714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}