The COCD-Box was developed by Mark Raison for the Center for Development of Creative Thinking (COCD – which is a spin-off from Antwerp University) in 1977. It is a useful technique for classifying ideas that come up in brainstorming sessions with fewer restraints from the feasibility.
Identify which of the boxes your ideas fall into.
The COCD box is a 2×2 matrix that you can use to rate potential solutions based on origin
- Yellow Quadrant (How?): Original But Not (Yet) Feasible
- Red Quadrant (WOW!): An Innovative And Exciting Idea
- Blue Quadrant (Now): Easy To Implement With Low Risk
COCD Box helps you organize potential solutions into those you can implement easily, breakthrough ideas, and ideas for the future.
You will need to plan to implement your solution
Select your chosen solution, and start a project plan.
- What you have decided:
- Reasons for this:
- Actions which need to be taken
- Timescales
- Outcomes
- Learning
