Introduction

This exercize in constructive thinking was conceived by IIDC to help people share and build on ideas and overcome "territorial" limits. It generates new possibilities and grows concepts in new and different directions. It can be used in a roundtable with a motivated and creative team to improve, amend, expand, solve, change and evolve any idea/concept/situation/project//enterprise.

It can also be used by one or two people over a period of time -a few hours or a few days. After the divergent streams of thought are collected, they can be used to stimulate reflection.

Method

• Orchestrate a group meeting with 4-8 people at a large table (or via Internet, et al);
• Write a description of what you wish to explore on a sheet of paper and give copies to everyone;
• Have each person write a short sentence that builds on that idea on its sheet;
• Having recorded their thought, each will pass the note to the person on their left (or next on a list) and receive a note passed from someone else for a second round;
• Every person now reads two ideas on the sheet now before them and adds another improvement to it, building it further; repeat the steps for as many rounds as you want until everybody has commented on everybody else's ideas. 

You now have a improved list of creative and constructive ideas !! Have fun making them real !!!

Note:

You can use this tool with family, friends, teams of colleagues and associatese to practice "total quality" management thinking which seekd to implant a continuum of improvement.