Broad Approaches
Design thinking http://gamestorming.com/
World cafe http://www.theworldcafe.com/tools-store/hosting-tool-kit/
Open space http://www.openspaceworld.org/files/tmnfiles/2pageos.htm
Appreciative Inquiry http://www.gervasebushe.ca/the_AI_model.pdf
Theory U https://www.presencing.com/theoryu
Solutions Focus http://www.thesolutionsfocus.com
Specific Tools
For various tools, go to this dropbox folder: http://preview.tinyurl.com/zhmtrmk
- Tool Kits
- Affinity Mapping
- Nominal Group Technique
- Consensagram
- Powerful questions
- Solutions Focus
Creativity techniques (A-Z) – an extensive list
https://www.mycoted.com/Category:Creativity_Techniques#A
‘Brainswarming’ – a possible improvement on general brainstorming that invites people to level the ideas within a hierarchy of responses (eg from high level goals, to specific detailed actions). See a video outlining the approach from Harvard Business Review (HBR)
https://hbr.org/video/3373616535001/brainswarming-because-brainstorming-doesnt-work
‘A periodic table of visualisation methods’ This is an interesting (and compulsive) attempt to showcase dozens of methods for visualising data and information. Click on the specific element for a picture of the method
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html