Collaboration Experiences: 1002
Our first collaboration experience post proved to be quite popular, so we are trying another installment. Let us know how you use them, and how we…
Brandon Klein
Jan 21, 2010
Using Analogies & Metaphors
DESCRIPTION: To understand something new, it’s our nature to compare it to something familiar, particularly through the use of analogy and metaphor.…
Brandon Klein
Jan 01, 2009
Metaphors Examples
See Metaphors Overview for details on module Examples including: Wright, weather forecasting, rainforests, out of control, mars pathfinder etc. Click…
Brandon Klein
Jan 01, 2009
Metaphors
Purpose Metaphors is a reading module used to help the group deal with the issues that are associated with the central challenge of the design event.…
Brandon Klein
Jan 01, 2009
Better Collaboration Though Better Media
Perhaps the greatest barrier to collaboration, and fun for that matter is lack of communication. Talk, chat, converse, explain your perspective. If…
Brandon Klein
Nov 19, 2008
Syntopical Reading Exercise (Metaphors)
DESCRIPTION: To read syntopically is to read many books or articles simultaneously, and to study each work in relation to the others and to the…
Brandon Klein
Aug 25, 2007
Metaphor, Analogy & Simile Exercise
DESCRIPTION: Synectics is a group problem-solving process that involves the use of metaphor, analogy or simile. The synectics method incorporates…
Brandon Klein
Jul 24, 2007
Metaphorical patterns of discovery
Problem Organizations grapple with moving forward by tying to understand the barriers and issues they have to overcome. These are usually met…
Brandon Klein
Jun 06, 2005
Answers from Unlikely Places : A problem cannot be solved at the same level at which it was created
Problem We frequently look for the answer to our challenges within our own experiences. So do participants, who have real difficulty stepping far…
Brandon Klein
Apr 25, 2005