Random word
method

Question # 1
What problem do you have?

Example
How do we improve meetings?

Question # 2
What random word
can you think of?

Random word example
Bear

Associations with the word bear
1. Big.
2. Animal.
3. Forest.

Question # 3
What connections can you find
between the problem and
the random noun?

Examples
1. Use a big wall to write on.
2. Ask every meeting participant what animal they would
like to be, if they were animals.
3. Hold a meeting in a forest.

Sources of inspiration
http://www.brainstorming.co.uk/tutorials/randomwordtutorial.html
http://creatingminds.org/tools/random_words.htm
http://www.cul.co.uk/creative/ranword.htm
http://www.destination-innovation.com/articles/try-this-lateral-brainstorm-technique-the-random-word/
http://www.randomword.com/
https://youtu.be/ZdJOhgSQJ1Q