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REMOTE BRAINSTORMING: METHODOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN DESIGNING FROM A DISTANCE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2021

Lawrence Domingo ,
Marius Gutzeit ,
Larry Leifer  and
Jan Michel Kurt Auernhammer
Lawrence Domingo
Affiliation:
Stanford University;
Marius Gutzeit
Affiliation:
Stanford University; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Larry Leifer
Affiliation:
Stanford University;
Jan Michel Kurt Auernhammer*
Affiliation:
Stanford University;
*
Auernhammer, Jan Michel Kurt, Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering, United States of America, jan.auernhammer@stanford.edu

Abstract

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This paper examines the immediate effects of group methods in facilitating remote team collaboration. We recruited seven teams with prior experience working together. All teams completed two current, complex, and open-ended design challenges using remote tools. We examined design activities before and after teams were given a design method intervention. The interventions were a Brainstorming Method to promote divergent thinking and the Five-Whys method to promote analytical thinking. Using OpenFace, we observed changes in emotion by examining facial expressions. We found that the brainstorming intervention did not have a change in ideation performance and the problem analysis intervention had a decrease in ideation performance. Teams used digital media to facilitate communication but were constrained by the media's tools. Our results can inform teams in organizations interested in promoting divergent thinking to not expect immediate improvements in ideation performance following the introduction of a design method. Future research is required to identify relevant abilities and social skills needed to facilitate remote ideation through design methods.

Keywords

CreativityDesign methodsCollaborative designRemoteBrainstorming
Type
Article
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 1: ICED21 , August 2021 , pp. 2541 - 2550
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