How do you brainstorm.... ?
Fiona explores the many different ways her customers brainstorm and develop new ideas, from mind maps and toy cars to iPad diagrams and reflective logs.
What are the ways you like to brainstorm and come up with new ideas or plan a more successful approach to an issue?
How many of us write a shopping list - then forget to take it with us - but somehow we remember most of the items anyway... for me, writing the list helps to cement a neural pathway to remembering what I need... Or in the case of driving, cementing memories so that the clutch, gears and rules at roundabouts etc become ingrained and integrated into my long term memory.
It works even better with a shopping list is when I write the items on the list in the order that I will find them on the shelves; aisle by aisle, as I walk through the supermarket.
Here are some of my customers thoughts and ideas depicted as they prefer to do it... methods as varied as the people who do it! Basically, they used their own thoughts and musings to lay down and form unique memories.
A Mind map preparing and ensuring all is well before her test
Using the ipad to work out all the possibilities...
Hazards - what where and how to keep on top of it all...
'Playing' with toy cars
Problem solving - "but then I just freeze, Fiona!! I can't think!"
A Diagram and a dry-wipe pen
A business coaching session - nothing to do with driver education
An ipad Reflective Log App
Reviewing videos (other people make mistakes too!) :)
Source & reference
Originally published on FionaDrive.com (WordPress). Authoritative WordPress post title: 'How do you brainstorm.... ?'. Authoritative WordPress publication date/time: 24 October 2015 at 12:11. Author: Fiona Taylor. External reference links (McGill University, preserved as historical 2015 references; flagged for final external-link review as they may be broken or obsolete): http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/d/d_07/d_07_cl/d_07_cl_tra/d_07_cl_tra.html (neural pathway) and http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/d/d_07/d_07_p/d_07_p_tra/d_07_p_tra.html (long term memory). Original media (all FionaDrive-hosted; provenance/rights not yet established; not displayed; image_url set to null; flagged as HIGH PRIORITY for media re-hosting/rights review because the article's meaning is partly conveyed through these examples/images): Images: 1. http://fionadrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Rhyanne-mind-map.jpg (caption: 'A Mind map preparing and ensuring all is well before her test'; filename contains possible first name 'Rhyanne' - not expanded to surname or other identifying detail) 2. http://fionadrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ipad-image-t-junction-225x300.png (caption: 'Using the ipad to work out all the possibilities...') 3. http://fionadrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/simple-list-300x224.jpg (caption: 'Hazards - what where and how to keep on top of it all...') 4. http://fionadrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Playing-with-toy-cars-300x224.jpg (caption: 'Playing with toy cars') 5. http://fionadrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Thawing-from-a-Frozen-Moment-300x224.jpg (caption: 'Problem solving - but then I just freeze, Fiona!! I can't think!') 6. http://fionadrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Pictures-and-pen-300x224.jpg (caption: 'A Diagram and a dry-wipe pen') 7. http://fionadrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/notes-e1445684389731-218x300.png (caption: 'A business coaching session - nothing to do with driver education') 8. http://fionadrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Reflective-Log-L-225x300.png (caption: 'An ipad Reflective Log App') Legacy video (FionaDrive-hosted MP4; requires recovery/re-hosting review before old WordPress site is retired): http://fionadrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/when-other-people-make-mistakes-1.mp4 (caption: 'Reviewing videos (other people make mistakes too!) :)'). Editorial: Typo correction 'isle by isle' changed to 'aisle by aisle' (supermarket aisles, meaning certain). WordPress implementation markup removed (inline colour spans, alignment styling, empty elements, non-breaking space formatting, image attachment wrappers, video shortcode). Images and video not embedded in body pending provenance/rights and re-hosting review; captions preserved as they explain what each example demonstrates. Fiona's wording, punctuation, humour and emphasis preserved. No em dashes introduced. Scientific/learning claims (neural pathway, long term memory, memories being cemented, behaviours becoming ingrained/integrated) preserved as Fiona's 2015 interpretation and explanation; not strengthened into current neuroscience claims; no new neuroscience, psychology, learning-style theory, statistics or citations added. Customer privacy: No customer identity inferred or added beyond what Fiona published. Image filename 'Rhyanne-mind-map.jpg' contains a possible first name; not expanded to surname or other identifying detail. Relationships deliberately not created: No relationships created. Conceptual overlap exists with the current Mind Mapping workshop but no link created as the relationship is not verified as historically/directly connected. Car & Diagram Sets product not linked as the article's toy cars/diagrams are not verified as the same product. legacy_url: null (no verified FionaDrive legacy URL available).
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