“Genius doesn’t work on an assembly line basis. You can’t simply say, ‘Today I will be brilliant.'” Kirk in Star Trek TOS: “The Ultimate Computer” I recently got an email by the people developing Neonce, asking me to take a look at their software. Neonce aims to support problem solving in groups, particularly brainstorming. I am usually weary about these eMails, and I think very badly of brainstorming, but I am glad that I took a look. In short, Neonce is a bit like the Delphi method, which I consider vastly superior to brainstorming. It improves upon brainstorming in a similar but more streamlined way and without the need for moderators. It thus avoids the usual problems of brainstorming (like production blocking, freeloading, fear of criticism, influence of status and style, etc.). Essentially, you start by creating a new session (workshop). The quick setup includes the topic (problem statement/question) and the participants you want to invite (via email). If participants do not have a Neonce account, they can create one quickly. It pays to look at the advanced settings, esp. regarding the time frames. You then have different phases (create – evaluate – select) guiding you through the idea generation [...]
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