BETTER BRAINSTORMING

Brainstorming for Questions rather than answer makes it easier to push past biases and venture into Uncharted Territory.

Yet remaining in a questioning mode doesn't come naturally to most of the people, because since childhood we are conditioned not to ask question. When you're a student, you're judged by how well you answer questions. Somebody else ask the questions, but if you give good answers, you will get a good grade. But in life, you're judged by how Good your question are.

Process to follow consists of 3 steps.

ONE  Set The Stage: To begin, select a challenge that you care deeply about. Perhaps you have suffered a setback.
Question yourself (what's working? Why not?)

It's best to include two or three people who have no direct experience with the problem and whose cognitive style or worldview is starkly different from your. They will come up with surprising questions that you would not, because they have no practiced way of thinkings about the problems and no investment in the status quo.

TWO. Brainstorm the question
Now set a timer and spend the next four minutes collectively generating as many questions as possible about the challenge. At this stage don't allow pushback on anyone's contributions. The more surprising and provocative the question are, the better.

THREE Identify a quest and commit to do it.
On your own, study the question you jotted(write) down, looking for those that suggest new pathways. About 80% of the time, this exercise produces at least one question that usefully reframes the problem and provides a new angle for solving it.

#Reference: Harvard Business Review
Special thanks to A. Ramakrishna Sir