S ometimes writing your ideas in your notes isn't enough. That’s when you need to get your thoughts out of your head and onto ...

There’s nothing wrong with scrawling down thoughts using pen and paper, but that task gets complicated when you need to take into account the thoughts of colleagues who may be one desk over or ...

Mind mapping is a visual technique that involves creating diagrams to represent ideas, tasks, or concepts branching out from a central theme. It’s also why I quickly became comfortable with the ...

Gathering your team in a soulless conference room staring at a white board is not where colorful ideas come from. Getting together with friends over a bottle of wine (or two) is equally inefficient.

One thing you always hear about remote teams is how hard it is to generate good ideas and brainstorm when you work remotely. I disagree. It's pretty easy to brainstorm remotely. What's really tough is ...

On May 3, SuccessFactors, a business execution solution, purchased CubeTree for US$20 million in stock and a $30 million cash payment, contingent on the performance of SuccessFactor’s stock over the ...

This week’s column is the latest on root cause analysis tools for managers. The topic we'll be discussing is brainstorming. I would like to begin by saying that brainstorming is not only a great ...

Innovative ideas are a bi-product of thinking outside the box. Brainstorming is an essential method for creating new ideas and thinking in a different way, but it’s not always easy to get into the ...

Gathering your team in a soulless conference room staring at a white board is not where colorful ideas come from. Getting together with friends over a bottle of wine (or two) is equally inefficient.