Methods
The Brain Fuel methods are specifically selected and developed to help you deploy the cards in a manner that will lead you to the best ideas. With various levels of difficulty, duration and needed creativity we have methods for every kind of brainstorming situation. Are you a brainstorming rookie, and looking for a method for quick ideas? Check out the 1-3 stars difficulty methods. Are you an experienced brainstormer and looking for a real gamechanger? Try out a more difficult one, like Brain Fusion or the HIT!
Warming up methods
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Apples And Oranges
It helps to get to know each other better before brainstorming (it kinda helps to get to know each other in general). Apples And Oranges is an easy icebreaker exercise. -
Association Chain
Fuel your brain. Get everybody in a creative thinking state of mind with the Association Chain! -
Living Together
The perfect warming up for the prototype phase. Your task is to design a house with your group where two different animals can live together. -
Once Upon A Time
Have some fun warming up your brain by telling each other strange stories. With Once Upon A Time you simply use a couple of cards and start connecting a character, an object, an animal and a location! -
Rap Battle
Are you looking for an energetic warming up to your brainstorm? Look no further, it's time for a rap battle! A fast and fun method to get the group in a creative and competitive mindset.
Brainstorming methods
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Association Machine Gun
The Association Machine Gun is ideal when your group is already warmed up or experienced in creative thinking. The Association Machine Gun is based on the premise that any word or image can lead to new associations. When you apply these associations to your problem, they can make for amazing new ideas! -
Board Of Directors
Imagine that your board of directors consists out of 5 very special characters. How would they run your business? -
Brain Fusion
When you release the power of Brain Fusion you risk melting your brain. So use its power wisely! Brain Fusion is a quick fire association technique which fuses the brainstorm question with our cards. -
Brainwriting
Explore many threads of thought in high speed! Brainwriting is perfect for teams with a couple of quiet teammembers. Or teams with people who are better at improving someone else’s ideas rather than thinking up their own. Yes, we mean every team ever. Fun fact: this method has been proven scientifically! -
Elements Of Elephants
Every animal or location has something special that can open the door to a world of new ideas. Explore with the Elements Of Elephants! -
Fantastic Four
With the Fantastic Four you will discover the superpowers of four totally different cards after which you can use those powers to come up with crazy ideas extremely quick! -
Hammer That Nail
Think from the point of view of an object and discover new solutions to your problem. Ever heard the question: ‘What if you are stranded on a deserted island and you only have one object to help you escape?’. Well, you can use that object to solve your own problem too! -
HIT
Combine two concepts that, at first sight, seem to have nothing to do with each other. The HIT method is a big bang for your brain! -
Hybrid
Are you developing a new product? Or could your current product use an innovative update? Merge your product with an object-card to discover new functionalities. -
Superhero
Walk a mile in the shoes of a superhero! Discover how they would solve your problems. -
Transporter
Brainstorming questions are often location-based. Replace the original location and brainstorm how you would solve your brainstorming question at this different location.
Selection methods
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Naming & Framing
Naming & Framing is a technique to assemble all those ideas you came up with into manageable clusters. By making clusters you'll start to turn those ideas into concepts ready for action! -
Selection Day
Selection Day is a selection method in which you vote what ideas you like best at the end of a brainstorm. And with best, we mean: most happiness, most creative, most effective on short-term and most effective on the long term.
