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INNOVATION THROUGH IDEATION TECHNIQUES

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HOW DO YOU SOLVE PROBLEMS IN YOUR BUSINESS?

Innovation is something that should be used and promoted in the workplace as the employees are the greatest asset in the successful development of a business. The business owners and managers should facilitate formal channels for employees to generate new ideas and concepts, for example, they should implement “ideation techniques” into the daily operations and workflow, in this way, the employees can be prepared to problem-solve any concerns or situations that arise. There are many ideation techniques that businesses can use to foster innovation among their workforce, one of them is Reverse Brainstorming.

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Reverse Brainstorming combines two techniques as it helps to extend the use of brainstorming to draw out more creative ideas, instead of thinking about direct solutions to a problem, it works by identifying different ways, it is an engaging process and it involves fresh thinking by allowing employees to think outside the box and to come up with new ideas or solve problems. This ideation technique exercise works in this way: first, it is important to identify a challenge for a company, once identified it can be reversed to see all the ways that they could cause a plan to fail and find new opportunities and solutions, at the end the reverse solutions should be flipped to find the answers for the original challenge  This is a helpful exercise to be used when employees get repeatedly stuck on the same problem as it takes a different approach. Instead of trying the same methods in a rotation, reverse brainstorming provides a new angle that requires creativity and ingenuity, and it outlines a strategy of success.

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