This Innovation QuickWin is about showing an idea, not just telling it. Too often when we brainstorm ideas, we spend a lot of time writing down lots of words or getting caught up in "corporate speak". So next time you have a brainstorm, ask people to not show you an idea or tell you an idea, but draw you an idea. Have them use visuals to really tell you the essence of a story, make it very powerful, get behind the emotion and the real reason why they want you to take hold of this idea and do something with it. 

Teaching people how to draw an idea makes complicated ideas more simplified, and lets other people in the room better understand what you're trying to get at with this new idea you really want to get funded. 

For tips like this on how to draw and idea, be more expressive and sell them in, visit our website at futurethink.com and look at our workshop called "Practical Innovation." It will teach you tips and tricks like these, and others, to make your ideas even better.