Non-Profit Board of Directors should rethink how they come up with new ideas for their organizations. During brainstorming sessions, we criticize while we are trying to create, which is the wrong approach. Phrases like "we can do that," "we have tried that before, and it didn't work," or "we don't have the resources to pull that off" kill the creative process.

The cure is to break the brainstorming process into two parts: divergent thinking and convergent thinking. Divergent thinking is the accumulation of all ideas without dialogue or critique—quantity over quality. Convergent thinking is assessing the ideas to see which one could be viable. This breaking apart the traditional brainstorming method is accomplished by adopting an improviser's mindset.

An improviser's mindset during the divergent thinking process is to agree and add to the idea. This is achieved by responding Yes! And, not No Because or Yes But. It is also by creating an environment that accepts all ideas without scrutiny, especially bad ideas. In improv, we say, "bad ideas are bridges its good ideas and no ideas lead to nothing.

This session with show you how to use the divergent thinking process to get the maximum number of ideas. Also, learn how this same process works during the convergent thinking process.

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