3. Create a system for organizing your ideas and thoughts.
I did a blog post a while back about this entitled The Way I Get Things Done, highlighting how and where I capture ideas and the way I organize them on my computer and in different e-mail folders and notebooks.
BONUS thought: One of the most important, if not THE most important, person in the room during a brainstorming or creative session is the notetaker. And if you don’t have a notetaker for these meetings, find one. Don’t have another meeting without one.
It has to be someone who is really good at listening, filtering, and capturing.
It CAN’T be someone who is actively engaged in the creative or brainstorming elements.
By doing these things, it frees you up to have energy to be creative, think outside the box, dream, and ultimately have a list that works and a way to keep a running account of what items are on your list to get done.
