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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of IHeart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that if you want to get as many good ideas as possible,

allow time for everyone to generate ideas solo before

you share your ideas with each other.

In a recent interview with former surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Adam Grant, a Wharton

School professor, described this particular idea generation tactic as deciding to

brain right before you brainstorm. Lots of times when groups want to get new ideas, you get everyone

in a room and then say, let's put everything up on the board. And that can work. But there are lots of group dynamics that

can come into play, that can limit what people come up with. So, Grant explained when you are in a

group situation generating ideas, one way to avoid some of these downfalls is to dedicate time

for everyone to think and make notes silently

and individually before brainstorming as a group. With individual think time first, everyone,

and especially the introverts among you, will have ample opportunity to come up with ideas

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