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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 2: Today's tip is that, if you want to get as

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Speaker 2: many good ideas as possible, allow time for everyone to

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Speaker 2: generate ideas solo before you share your ideas with each other.

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Speaker 2: In a recent interview with former Surgeon General v. Vick Murphy,

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Speaker 2: Adam Grant, a Wharton School professor, describe this particular idea

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Speaker 2: generation tactic as deciding to brain write before you brainstorm.

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Speaker 2: Lots of times when groups want to get new ideas,

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Speaker 2: you get everyone in a room and then say let's

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Speaker 2: put everything up on the board, and that can work,

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Speaker 2: but there are lots of group dynamics that can come

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Speaker 2: into play that can limit what people come up with,

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Speaker 2: So Grant explained, when you are in a group situation

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Speaker 2: generating ideas, one way to avoid some of these downfalls

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Speaker 2: is to dedicate time for everyone to think and make

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Speaker 2: notes silently and individually before brainstorming as a group. With

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Speaker 2: individual think time first, everyone and especially the introverts among you,

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Speaker 2: will have ample opportunity to come up with ideas and

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Speaker 2: will be ready to contribute when you all come back together.

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Speaker 1: I think this is a good suggestion. Building in time

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Speaker 1: for people to think individually helps ensure that everyone's voice

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Speaker 1: is heard. But just as important, allowing individual think time

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Speaker 1: means you get more ideas to start from. In a

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Speaker 1: shouted out brainstorming session, you often wind up with everybody

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Speaker 1: simply responding to the first idea that someone said. And

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Speaker 1: let's be clear, this is probably going to be an

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Speaker 1: idea from someone senior and vocal. But if everyone has

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Speaker 1: generated solo ideas first, you can put them all out

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Speaker 1: there and then see what other ideas get sparked without

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Speaker 1: priming the pump for one individual idea. Providing time for

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Speaker 1: brain writing could be valuable in work meetings, but it

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Speaker 1: seems like it might be relevant in other contexts too.

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Speaker 1: For instance, if you are talking with your older kids

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Speaker 1: about their options for summer day camps or sleepaway camps

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Speaker 1: and childcare, it could be helpful to introduce the topic

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Speaker 1: and then allow thinking time for them, you, your partner,

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Speaker 1: and anybody else who's involved in the decision, in order

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Speaker 1: to identify possibilities before you discuss them. Likewise, if you

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Speaker 1: and your spouse are figuring out your annual budget instead

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Speaker 1: of immediate working collaboratively. It could be helpful for each

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Speaker 1: of you to look at your budget and actual tallies

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Speaker 1: from the previous year. Then you can develop ideas about

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Speaker 1: the coming year's budget independently before you discuss live vacations

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Speaker 1: for the year or even planning. Any specific vacation could

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Speaker 1: benefit from a similar approach, So could any persistent problems

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Speaker 1: you're trying to solve, like how to manage morning drop

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Speaker 1: off after a schedule change, When to put your house

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Speaker 1: on the market if you don't want to have two

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Speaker 1: mortgages for long, but also don't want to be living

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Speaker 1: in a house that's for sale, Where to gather for

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving now that your parents are no longer hosting, and

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Speaker 1: so forth. Any time you want to generate ideas with

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Speaker 1: a group, building in time for people to generate ideas

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Speaker 1: solo first can help ensure that everyone's ideas are heard.

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Speaker 1: You might also get the broadest and most varied ideas

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Speaker 1: to choose from, and that can help make your ultimate

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Speaker 1: share much wiser. In the meantime, this is Laura, Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to before breakfast. If you've got questions ideas,

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Speaker 1: or feedback. You can reach me at Laura at Laura

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