{"id":3739,"date":"2015-01-20T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T16:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naylor.com\/associationadviser\/?p=3739"},"modified":"2015-01-20T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T16:03:49","slug":"stuck-for-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naylor.com\/associationadviser\/stuck-for-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuck for Ideas? Start with Sticky Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stuck for ideas? Not sure how to kick off your next brainstorming session? Some of the sharpest innovators in the business suggest not overthinking it.<\/p>\n

\"Tom
Tom Hood, Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even at IBM, they start with good old pens and sticky notes according to Phil Gilbert, GM of IBM design, who described Big Blue\u2019s innovation process in The New York Times recently. In brainstorming meetings, everyone spends 10 minutes writing their thoughts on sticky notes. One idea per note. No talking allowed. Then idea by idea, team members post their anonymous sticky notes on a big white board. It doesn\u2019t matter what you job title or role in the organization is. Everyone posts. Then the team leader or meeting facilitator groups the notes into overlapping and logical areas so the team can later vet the (anonymous) ideas and select which ones to run with. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to quash a good idea if it\u2019s shared. \u201cWhen you give voice to more people, the best ideas win, not the loudest ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tom Hood<\/strong>, CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA), agrees with the sticky note approach. As CEO or ED, your main job is to be chief innovation officer and chief collaboration officer, said Hood. \u201cMake sure your members, your volunteers and your staff are aligned with you and engaged with you. It\u2019s not \u2018my project\u2019 anymore. It\u2019s \u2018our project.\u2019 It\u2019s very important that people can see your thinking process clearly and buy into it. I\u2019m a tech guy by nature, but nothing seems to beat good old fashioned MBSN<\/em> (management by sticky note),\u201d said Hood.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know. You write your goals and objectives on a big sheet of butcher paper, stick it on the wall, and encourage everyone at your organization to put sticky notes on the quadrants or circles where they think their ideas belong. It doesn\u2019t take long before some sectors look like skyscrapers and others look like sparsely populated ranch houses.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Pamela
Pamela Hemann, FASAE, CAE, Association Management Services, Inc.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The key, said Hood, is collaboration. Get everyone involved in the process and make sure they can see the results of their input very clearly. It doesn\u2019t get any easier than stacks of sticky notes on a wall to elucidate your organization\u2019s vision. They\u2019ll get the picture, even in the heat and humidity.<\/p>\n

Pamela Hemann<\/strong>, FASAE, CAE, President of Association Management Services, Inc. and Executive Director of Leadership California<\/a>, said there\u2019s no lack of ideas at most associations. \u201cWhat they need is someone who can say how they\u2019re going to execute those ideas. It\u2019s great to start something but keeping it going and devoting the resources to it is the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s worth posting above every conference room and cubicle in your office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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