Discuss your idea online now
But of course you shouldn't completely kill impulsive creativity. What if you have a really good idea the day before the meeting? Then just throw it in the mail?
No! Please, no more email. Apart from the question of who to send it to (reply-to-all aka the antichrist of effective communication), email is simply not a very useful tool for discussion. If you still need to be convinced of that, definitely listen to this podcast.
I would say: put it on Slack . Or a similar online discussion environment. You introduce the idea on a chat channel with a relatively large number of colleagues. Those who find it interesting can then join in the discussion in a separate thread .
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Discussants can have a good 'sparring session' live. Thinkers let it sink in for a while and respond later.
You can have a more structured discussion with a project management tool such as Asana, Basecamp or Trello. The advantage of this, I think, is that you can better define topics and possibly attach tasks to them. The disadvantage is that the discussion will be less spontaneous and you will get less input from people outside your team.
If the idea lends itself to it: discuss it on external social media. Twitter in particular helps you to get to the core. After all, you only have space for 1̶4̶0̶ 280 characters.
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This way you can further refine the idea before you discuss it in a meeting. But there are more advantages:
I once watched with slightly sadistic pleasure how an uncle from Appelscha completely missed the million-dollar question.
But of course it is a good idea to call a helpline. For example, during a meeting you can ask someone to be on standby .
For example, that IT lady who came up with such great suggestions in the Slack thread. She doesn’t have to sit in the entire meeting (which saves both her and your time), but can answer one or two pressing questions for the marketing meeting. Or someone who prefers to communicate via chat.
Discussants can have a good 'sparring session' live. Thinkers let it sink in for a while and respond later.
Unlike Weekend Miljonairs, there are no restrictions on how many helplines you can use. Do you have a large following on a particular platform? Then you can use a poll or a question to get new input for an idea very quickly. And don't forget the search function of many social media. Maybe someone has come up with a great concept and you can quickly find out via Facebook or Instagram whether it has been done before.