PhD dissertation “Handstorm Principles”
On the 16th of June 2016 Frans van Gassel defended his PhD dissertation “Handstorm principles for creative and collaborative working” at the Eindhoven …
What is creative thinking?
How to generate ideas? Igor Byttebier (Byttebier & Vullings, 2007), former director of COCD and creativity trainer, describes creative thinking …
The diversity of meeting participants
Diverse meeting participants stimulate each other Participants may have different educational backgrounds. In (Dorst & Reymen, 2004) Dreyfus dis…
The optimal number of meeting participants
When keep participants active? The number of people who participate in a creative meeting or who do the exercises during a meeting may influence per…
Choose the appropriate meeting layout
A well chosen meeting layout enhances its productivity. Special arrangements of tables and chairs, indoors or outdoors, the use of flip charts, (wal…
Failure stress as a motivator for creative collaboration
The concept of failure is a tool to break designers out of their established pattern during collaborative design meetings. A building assignment is …