Scamper? What is Scamper? It is an   Ideation and Brainstorming Tool! The name doesn’t say a lot but don’t get fooled, it is a great tool used in Creative Steps!

SCAMPER is an acronym of letters that represent titles for tasks directing us towards certain thinking.

SCAMPER is a checklist of questions, which participants need to go through and answer them (each question around 7-10 minutes). The process is reflected in mind map, best in the form of a tree. Each letter is a branch on the mind map, where participants attach their ideas on post-it notes. Ideas produced and reflected on the mind map are summarized and one final business idea is presented by the team.

SCAMPER is a tool used for brainstorming business ideas in order to stimulate development of innovative solutions to existing problems. It awakens our thinking pushing us beyond traditional zone of thinking. Often it leads us towards seemingly awkward and unexpected directions that would not be otherwise easy to discover.

A possibility to practice the ideation “outside the box”, pushing participants to think beyond traditional borders, develop positive group dynamics – all of these can be achieved by using this tool!

Watch this → video from Creative Steps 2.0 workshop which was held in Finnish Lapland during spring 2016 to see how SCAMPER works in real life!