Generate ideas (choose your own approach)It is now time for some creative ideation to come upwith products or services that your startup can bebased around.Each team must produce at least 15 ideas per teammember.We are aiming for quantity not quality at this stage soideas can be quick and rough.Ideas must be both written and visual, though you canchoose how they are generated.Think back to across the prior activities in this unit.Did you feel that you were more creative workingindividually, collaboratively or with AI? Draw on theseexperiences to choose your own approach for how togenerate ideas in class this week.Some suggestions for approaches are:Individual: Generate written and visual ideasindividually and then compare with teammatesCollaborative: Generate written and visual ideascollaboratively with others (e.g. teammates)AI: Generate written and/or visual ideas with AI andthen compare with teammates.Mixed: Some team members take one approach andothers take another. Then you compare outcomes as ateam.

What idea generation technique is described below:Everyone generates their own ideas and then two members of the team meet and discuss their ideas. A third person then adds their ideas and the ideas are discussed. A fourth is added and so on.Select one:a.Brain writingb.Step ladderc.Mind mappingd.Crawford’s slip

How effectively does the leader encourage team members to think creatively and generate new ideas?

Explain why and how you want your team to be creative. Do so by addressing the following issues:What type of creative ideas do you need? Are you, for example, struggling with a problem, a case or a challenge?What would be the criteria that you would judge the ideas of the team on?You may want to watch video 1 and 2 for reasons why you need to be creative. Altogether, this section should provide the reader with a good idea of the wanted output of the brainstorm session. Do not use more than 100 words.

Question: You're the head of sales in an electronics manufacturing company, and you're trying to come up with ideas to boost sales.Match the techniques you could use for enhancing creativity with examples of how to execute them.Instruction: For each option, select the best answer choice. Answer ChoicesA:Draw ideas from different sourcesB:Use analogiesC:Think outside the boxD:Listen to your unconscious mindOptionsWhile listening to music, you remember something you used to play with as a childABCDYou read about birds flying using the earth's electromagnetic force, and get ideas for a navigation systemABCDYou ask why the customer has to come to the product, and think of putting salespeople on buses to let bus riders see and feel the productsABCDYou compare electronics to science fiction, and get ideas for a line of retro-futuristic productsABCD

Select a design directionAs a team, look over all of the ideas that have been developed by individual team members and select a single directionto develop together for this project.This may be done by choosing one idea or by combining a few together into a single offering. There are a few strategiesyou can use to help identify your team’s project direction.Each team member should get a chance to explain their favourite ideas. Perhaps they can highlight them on the GoogleSlide.The team can then vote for a favourite idea or part of an idea.Remember, this should be a democratic process. It's not just the person who is the loudest or the most organised whogets the idea to move forward.Remember your team’s budget! You have a limit of AU$ 50,000 to start up your business. So you can’t do everything.