29 Innovation Activities for Your Next Ideation

29 Innovation Activities for Your Next Ideation

Brainstorming sessions can be unproductive without a trained expert. To help teams get better results and keep it fun, here are 29 activities to inspire ideas. The activities are adapted from internal innovation experience at corporations and creative agencies, and can be tailored to each innovation challenge. They cover a range of icebreakers such as Pass the Ball, Human Knot, and M&M Game. Ideation activities include Technical Briefing, Creative Artifacts, and Empathy Immersion. The list is grouped by icebreakers first and then ideation activities.

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