Osborn's method

"ブレーンストーミングにおける4大原則"＝"アレックス・Ｆ・オズボーン・メソッド"についての訳がどうもしっくりこないので、Wikipedeiaの英語版からその部分を拾って貼りつけてみました。
(興味があるひとはがんばって読んでみましょう。)

Nordic Walking Movement の構想を練る際は、この原則から逸脱しないように常に気をつけています。



1.Focus on quantity: This rule is a means of enhancing divergent production, aiming to facilitate problem solving through the maxim quantity breeds quality. The assumption is that the greater the number of ideas generated, the greater the chance of producing a radical and effective solution.

2.Withhold criticism: In brainstorming, criticism of ideas generated should be put 'on hold'. Instead, participants should focus on extending or adding to ideas, reserving criticism for a later 'critical stage' of the process. By suspending judgment, participants will feel free to generate unusual ideas.

3.Welcome unusual ideas: To get a good and long list of ideas, unusual ideas are welcomed. They can be generated by looking from new perspectives and suspending assumptions. These new ways of thinking may provide better solutions.

4.Combine and improve ideas: Good ideas may be combined to form a single better good idea, as suggested by the slogan "1+1=3". It is believed to stimulate the building of ideas by a process of association.

(Source:Wikipedia)