More ideas, less talking. Brainwriting 6-3-5 gives every voice the same weight and fills your Long ListThe comprehensive, unfiltered list of potential solutions generated for each root cause, before any evaluation. Click term for full definition in half an hour. Watch the short video, then work with the toolkit PDF: it explains the method, shows a worked example and gives you a blank template to fill in.
Tool video
The short tool video will appear here.
Brainwriting 6-3-5 in short
- Frame the question. One root causeThe fundamental, underlying reason a problem occurs, as distinct from its symptoms. If you remove the root cause, the problem does not come back. Click term for full definition, phrased as “How might we …?”
- Hand out the sheets. Six people, one sheet each. Fewer people work too.
- Write three ideas. Five minutes, in silence. Short and concrete.
- Pass and build. Pass the sheet clockwise. Add, combine or improve what is there.
- Harvest. After six rounds, collect all ideas on the Long List. No judging yet.
Key points
- Silent, structured, fair.
- Up to 108 ideas in 30 minutes.
- Build on each other’s ideas.
- Everything goes on the Long List.