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Meet - What idea-building processes would be useful
Planning alternates between expanding and culling ideas.
Visioning and brainstorming help participants expand their thinking. Ranking,
cost-benefit analysis, and comparing related concepts help participants winnow
their thinking. When critical issues must be addressed, participants might use a
problem solving process, or "force field analysis." Without a sequential
structure to guide thinking and dialogue, participants become bogged down or
overwhelmed. Using a rational framework guides and clarifies the participants'
thought process. (See attached explanations of a variety of such processes.)
