 Dear students, I welcome you in the course of Leadership, Emotional Intelligence and Decision Making. This is module number 249 and the topic and the discussion is how to generate ideas. Remember, idea generation is a very unique phenomena, in which we try new ideas, implement them and learn from the outcome which idea is workable and which is not and no doubt we are going to learn from our mistakes. To generate ideas, there are different guidelines which we have to focus upon and we can better decide what will be the feasible course of action for us. As Albert Einstein once said, that to raise new questions, new possibilities to regard old problem from a new angle requires creative imagination and without this imagination we will not be able to perceive a new idea or implement it. So we need to see all the perspectives of the problem from different viewpoints, different evaluation parameters, this is very important. For this purpose, sometimes we have to go for certain brainstorming sessions and in brainstorming sessions, these are the guidelines that we have to focus upon. For example, during the brainstorming, we have to suspend judgment, which means give imagination the green light by withholding the critical evaluation of ideas until later, except ideas without judging them. So we have to generate ideas first, so that everyone can present their ideas better and no group thinker during the brainstorming is not there. The second is welcome freewheeling, which means take off the brakes in your mind and go with flow of your ideas. The more unusual the idea, the better. It is easier to tone down than think up. So it will be very important for us not to take our mind from ourselves in that block, we should not stop it, we should let it stay open freewheel, whatever thought you are making, whatever thought you are triggering, you should express it so that your unique thought process can reach to some creative ideas which is going to create optimum outcomes for us. So we have to strive for quality. And strive for quality, the greater the number of oysters, the more likely that you find some pearl in them. So the more alternatives you have, the more options you have, the more chances that you will be able to achieve the right decision. The next step would be combine and improve, which means listen to the ideas of others, see if you can build on them. Their way out ideas may stimulate some buried memories or sleeping brain cells in your depth mind. So activating your depth mind is very important for us. Similarly, do not edit, that is another guideline in the brainstorming and which says that ideas should not be elaborated or defended, just quickly stated and recorded. So that we can do more creativity. To activate your depth mind, no doubt we need to have more ideas. And the more ideas there are, the broader your vision will be, the more you will be able to think about and examine the holistic things on a big canvas. Dear students, if we conclude everything, then in decision making, most of the time we will need brainstorming sessions. No doubt, we are also available with other techniques, which can be nominal group technique, which can be Delphi technique, which we use in group decision making. But along with that, use any technique. We have to remember that you can trigger your depth mind, you can originate your thinking process, you can trigger it, promote it, support it. And remember that during these decision making processes, you will have to be emotionally intelligent. Thank you.