Discuss some techniques to stimulate creativity in group decision making

What will be an ideal response?

Brainstorming is a technique that is designed to generate creative decision alternatives verbally by interacting with members of a group. Critical and judgmental reactions to ideas from group members are not allowed during a brainstorming session. Instead, the group is encouraged to come up with the greatest number of ideas and especially ideas that are wild and unusual. The rules of brainstorming prohibit criticism until all the ideas have been expressed. For more complex problems, a variation of brainstorming called storyboarding is used. Group members jot down ideas on index cards and post them on a bulletin board or wall. Group members can shuffle, rewrite, or even eliminate cards. The nominal group technique helps a group generate and select solutions while letting group members think independently. It is a more structured group meeting. In the Delphi technique, group members are presented with a problem and complete an anonymous questionnaire soliciting solutions. The results are tabulated, summarized and returned to the group members and each is asked again for solutions. The process continues until a consensus is reached.