AI-Guided Brainstorm & Idea Review
Traditional brainstorming sessions often produce a flood of ideas, but it's hard to know which ones are worth pursuing. Popularity voting favors loud voices, and one facilitator can't fairly evaluate 40 ideas on multiple criteria. People might get excited about creative but impractical ideas, or miss promising concepts that need refinement.
Rootwaise uses AI to evaluate ideas on multiple dimensions simultaneously: creativity, feasibility, impact, and alignment with goals. The AI applies consistent, transparent criteria to every idea, so there's no "the boss liked that one more" effect. This creates a faster path from many ideas to a shortlist worth discussing.
When to use this in your team or workshop
- When you need to generate solutions to a specific problem or challenge
- During product planning to explore new features or improvements
- In strategy sessions to identify opportunities or initiatives
- When you want to ensure all voices are heard, not just the loudest ones
- To quickly filter and prioritize ideas before investing time in detailed planning
How Rootwaise works in this scenario
1. Host sets the challenge
You create a prompt that invites ideas, like "Suggest one idea to improve our onboarding. AI will rate creativity and impact." or "Propose a low-cost experiment to test [hypothesis]." You can add your own context about your company, current challenges, constraints, or goals so the AI understands your specific situation when evaluating ideas. Unlike traditional tools that use single "like" or vote, you can set evaluation criteria that weigh multiple dimensions.
2. Participants answer on their own devices
Everyone submits their idea privately on their device. This ensures all ideas are captured without groupthink or dominant voices influencing others. People can think independently and express their thoughts fully.
3. AI evaluates ideas using lenses
The AI applies the same criteria to every idea, scoring each on multiple dimensions simultaneously: creativity, feasibility, impact, and alignment with goals. Whether you have 5 or 20 people, all ideas get evaluated in seconds using consistent, transparent criteria.
4. Group sees rankings and discusses
Results are displayed ranked by the AI's evaluation, with scores and short AI feedback. You can ask "Why did this idea score high on impact but low on feasibility?" and turn the evaluation into a real learning moment. Review the top ideas, discuss their merits, combine or refine them, and decide which ones to pursue.
Example challenges you can run
"Suggest one idea to improve our onboarding. AI will rate creativity and impact."
Generates actionable improvements with clear evaluation criteria.
"Propose a low-cost experiment to test [hypothesis]."
Focuses on practical, testable ideas that balance creativity with feasibility.
"What is one bold idea that could significantly improve our customer satisfaction?"
Encourages ambitious thinking while keeping focus on impact.
"Suggest a feature that would make our product more valuable to [target audience]."
Aligns brainstorming with specific business goals and user needs.
Why AI judging makes this better than classic brainstorms
Multi-criteria idea evaluation: Traditional tools use single "like" or vote. AI can weigh creativity, impact, feasibility, alignment with goals, etc. simultaneously. This helps you find ideas that are both innovative and practical, not just popular.
Consistent, transparent criteria: AI applies the same lenses to every idea. No "the boss liked that one more" effect. People feel their idea got a fair, criteria-based review, not a popularity contest.
Faster path from many ideas to shortlist: Instead of spending time discussing every idea, the AI ranking helps you quickly identify the most promising ones. Up to 20 people: all ideas get evaluated in seconds.
Deeper discussion, not just a scoreboard: Scores and short AI feedback give a starting point for reflection. You can ask "Why did this idea score high on impact but low on feasibility?" and turn the evaluation into a real learning moment.
Supports different personalities: Quiet people can shine through well-thought ideas. It's not just a brainstorm for the loudest or quickest. Everyone submits ideas individually, so all ideas get equal consideration without groupthink.
Frees the facilitator: Facilitator can focus on reading the room, asking follow-ups, guiding the conversation. AI handles the mechanical evaluation work.
Try this in your next session
Ready to run a more structured, effective brainstorm? Start an AI-guided brainstorm with Rootwaise and quickly identify the ideas worth pursuing. For learning-focused sessions, check out our interactive learning check tool.