Chief of staff Langsikt, a policy think tank based in Oslo. Formerly CoS at Forethought and ED of EA Norway.
I sometimes write about ops and management at saidtwice.substack.com.
Chief of staff Langsikt, a policy think tank based in Oslo. Formerly CoS at Forethought and ED of EA Norway.
I sometimes write about ops and management at saidtwice.substack.com.
Thank you for this suggestion! I think there are three main benefits of brainwriting: to generate ideas in a very short amount of time, to build on othersā ideas, and to have someplace to start when working on a project.
Weāve used it for getting ideas on articles weād like to write and topics weād like to discuss. We also use it before a meeting with someone if weāre a bit unsure about what weād like the meeting to be about. Recently, we have decided on which indicators we are going to use to measure to what extent we are reaching our goals. We then used brainwriting to come up with ideas of different indicators, and built on those. Further, through brainwriting we tried to find alternatives to hosting a large conference that would give us the same outcomes.
We more or less use it whenever we are stuck on a project, when we need ideas, or when weāre unsure exactly what our thoughts are on something. I unfortunately donāt have a specific example of a project that was generated through this way, but hope this clarification and additional information has been useful :)