Program Overview
What we cover
- Module 1: Why teams converge too quickly and the cost of narrow solution sets
- Module 2: Structured brainstorming methods that work in remote and hybrid environments
- Module 3: Building on ideas instead of judging them immediately
- Module 4: Creating conditions where people share unusual thinking without fear
- Module 5: Mining divergent ideas for useful insights even when the idea itself is not viable
- Module 6: Balancing divergent and convergent phases without getting stuck in endless exploration
Time commitment
Two 75-minute sessions per week for 3 weeks, plus practice exercises that take 1-2 hours per week. All sessions are recorded if you cannot attend live.
Detailed Information
Teams often converge on the first reasonable idea instead of exploring the full solution space. This happens because divergent thinking feels inefficient and uncomfortable. This program teaches techniques to generate more options without the process devolving into chaos.
You will learn structured approaches to brainstorming that actually produce useful results, methods for building on each other's ideas instead of competing, and ways to create psychological safety so people share weird ideas that might lead somewhere interesting.
The practical side
We use real constraints from participant teams. You will not be generating ideas for hypothetical problems. Instead, you bring an actual challenge your team is facing and use these techniques on it throughout the program.
The focus is on making divergent thinking a regular part of how your team works, not something you only do in special workshops. You will learn how to insert these techniques into normal meetings and async work without adding hours to your schedule.
Common concerns
People worry that divergent thinking takes too long or produces impractical ideas. We address both concerns directly by showing you how to timebox exploration and how to evaluate wild ideas for useful kernels. The goal is not to implement crazy ideas, but to use them to think differently about reasonable ones.