{"id":391,"date":"2010-07-31T17:52:11","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T17:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\/blog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2010-07-31T17:58:54","modified_gmt":"2010-07-31T17:58:54","slug":"give-me-a-faster-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=391","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Give me a faster horse&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=391\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=391\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-392\" title=\"modelT\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/modelT.jpg\" alt=\"modelT\" width=\"430\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/modelT.jpg 395w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/modelT-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/>Henry Ford once commented that if he&#8217;d asked his customers what they wanted they would have replied <strong>&#8220;Give me a faster horse&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\/newproductdevelopment.htm\">New Product Development <\/a>we have to take a Quantum leap in imagination so that we can develop products which no one else has imagined.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brainstorming&#8221; is one techniques to help that process:-<\/p>\n<p>1) Form a team of maximum 10 people drawn from all levels of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>2) The &#8220;Chairperson&#8221; should be mid level with no obvious authority.<\/p>\n<p>3) Provide some drinks and snacks to create a relaxed atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>4) Go round the table asking each one in turn what products they think the Company should be developing.<\/p>\n<p>5) Don&#8217;t reject anything at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>6) Don&#8217;t criticize anyone else&#8217;s contribution.<\/p>\n<p>7) Get someone to list all the contributions on a whiteboard.<\/p>\n<p>8 ) When all contributions are exhausted arrange them into different categories.<\/p>\n<p>9) Vote on the top 5.<\/p>\n<p>In the next post we will explore how to take these ideas forward.<\/p>\n<p>chris@projectsguru.co.uk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\">www.projectsguru.co.uk.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/projectsguru\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com\/follow_bird_us-a.png\" alt=\"Follow projectsguru on Twitter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar addthis_pub = '';\nvar addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more';\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"addthis_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=20\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', 'https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amberhill.biz%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D391', '%26%238220%3BGive+me+a+faster+horse%26%238221%3B')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/200\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Ford once commented that if he&#8217;d asked his customers what they wanted they would have replied &#8220;Give me a faster horse&#8221;. 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