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ˈbreɪnˌstɔr mɪŋbrain·storm·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. brainstormingnoun

    a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions

    "we had an intense brainstorming session today"

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  1. brainstormingnoun

    A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

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  1. Brainstorming

    Brainstorming is a group creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members.In other words, brainstorming is a situation where a group of people meet to generate new ideas and solutions around a specific domain of interest by removing inhibitions. People are able to think more freely and they suggest as many spontaneous new ideas as possible. All the ideas are noted down without criticism and after the brainstorming session the ideas are evaluated.The term was popularized by Alex Faickney Osborn in the classic work Applied Imagination (1953). Once a new product has passed through the screening process, the next step is to conduct a business analysis. Business analysis is a basic assessment of a product's compatibility in the marketplace and its potential profitability. Both the size of the market and competing products are often studied at this point. The most important question relates to market demand: How will a product affect a firm's sales, costs, and profits? If a product survives the first three steps, it is developed into a prototype that should reveal the intangible attributes it possesses as perceived by the consumer.

Wikidata

  1. Brainstorming

    Brainstorming is a group or individual creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its member. The term was popularized by Alex Faickney Osborn in the 1953 book Applied Imagination. Osborn claimed that brainstorming was more effective than individuals working alone in generating ideas, although more recent research has questioned this conclusion. Today, the term is used as a catch all for all group ideation sessions.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brainstorming in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brainstorming in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of brainstorming in a Sentence

  1. Ed Wronski:

    After the story is laid out and we do some brainstorming, we might spend 18 months to two years working on the menu, including many renditions of a dish.

  2. Brendon Weaver:

    We knew we had the expertise to build high-end optics but at a reasonable price, with that we went down the path of getting the products designed and contacting a manufacturer in Japan. After a couple of months, as we were brainstorming with a friend, he asked if it would be possible to get the binoculars customized. Initially that seemed like a real stretch, but we talked to the factory, and they said it was something they could do. We knew we had an innovative approach with going direct-to-consumer. The customization piece let us know we had something really special.

  3. Joachim Trier:

    We don't usually start out with a plot that we can pitch in two lines. We spend a year brainstorming and discussing ideas that are sometimes of a visual nature, sometimes just about characters and then we try to structure the story.

  4. Antony Khoury:

    I am not the creator of this recipe, and I don't know who actually came up with it, i was in a brainstorming session for videos with my brother, and he told me he had made the recipe couple of months prior. I thought it would be a great idea to put out there, and it did great.

  5. Tariq Bokhari:

    There are conversations of people brainstorming and throwing concepts on the wall... essentially building a tool kit or a playbook of what plays to call depending on where the next four months goes.

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  • мозговая атакаRussian
  • மூளையைக் கசக்கும்Tamil
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