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What is Hall of Fame?
A role-playing ideation method where participants channel famous figures to generate breakthrough ideas from unique perspectives.
A role-playing ideation method where participants channel famous figures to generate breakthrough ideas from unique perspectives.
Hall of Fame is a role-playing ideation method where participants select famous figures and generate breakthrough ideas from their unique perspectives. By stepping into the mindset of innovators, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs, participants can unlock fresh thinking and approach challenges from entirely new angles. The method includes a curated library of 17+ famous personas spanning various fields-from technology (Steve Jobs, Elon Musk) to science (Marie Curie, Einstein) to creativity (Leonardo da Vinci, Frida Kahlo). Each persona brings distinct expertise, values, and approaches that can reveal unexpected solutions. This method works because it forces perspective-shifting. When you think "How would Steve Jobs solve this?" or "What would Marie Curie approach differently?", you access entirely different problem-solving frameworks than your own. This breaks conventional thinking patterns and often leads to breakthrough insights.
Access different problem-solving frameworks through role-play
Famous figures' approaches often reveal unexpected solutions
Leverage wisdom from various fields and domains
Channeling confident personas encourages daring ideas
Role-play adds energy and creativity to sessions
New perspectives break through stuck thinking
Hall of Fame works best for:
Product innovation challenges requiring fresh perspectives
Marketing campaigns needing creative approaches
Strategic planning benefiting from diverse viewpoints
Service design challenges requiring user empathy
Creative problem-solving when conventional thinking fails
Breaking through creative blocks and mental ruts
Select Your Persona: Choose a famous figure from the library that resonates with your challenge. Consider picking personas from different domains for diverse perspectives.
Embody the Persona: Research briefly if needed, then think: "How would [Persona] approach this challenge?" Consider their values, methods, and expertise.
Generate Ideas: Submit ideas as your chosen persona would. Don't self-censor-channel the persona's confidence and thinking style.
See Other Personas: View what personas others have chosen and how different perspectives generate different types of ideas.
Change Personas: Feel free to switch personas mid-session if you want to explore a different perspective.
Review & Analyze: In the review stage, ideas are attributed to both participant and persona. Analyze which personas generated the most valuable insights for your challenge.
In Ideadrive, Hall of Fame sessions make persona selection and role-play seamless: • Persona Library: Browse 17+ famous figures across technology, science, arts, and business with bios and tags • Easy Selection: Persona picker opens automatically when session starts, with search and filter capabilities • Persona Attribution: Each idea displays both participant name and chosen persona (e.g., "Sarah as Steve Jobs") • Real-time Collaboration: See what personas others have chosen and ideas generated from different perspectives • Flexible Switching: Change your persona anytime during the session-no restrictions • Persona Persistence: Your selected persona is kept until you change it • Review by Persona: In review stage, filter ideas by persona to see which perspectives were most valuable The session runs for 15 minutes (default, adjustable 5-30 minutes) with a synchronized timer. Participants can join as guests or with accounts, and all ideas automatically save every 2 seconds. The platform tracks persona selection and displays it throughout the session and review.
Ideadrive is a modern, real-time collaborative ideation platform designed to help teams and individuals generate better ideas using proven creativity methods. Ideadrive combines structured ideation techniques with cutting-edge AI technology to make creative thinking more effective and accessible.
Whether you're a solo entrepreneur brainstorming your next feature, a small product team exploring new opportunities, or a creative agency running client workshops, Ideadrive provides the tools you need to run structured ideation sessions without the complexity of traditional facilitation.
Our platform supports 8+ different ideation methods, each optimized for specific types of challenges. From rapid brainstorming to systematic SCAMPER transformations, from visual Crazy 8s sketching to structured Perspective Hats analysis—Ideadrive gives you the right framework for your creative challenge.
Ideadrive includes two powerful AI features to enhance your ideation sessions:
Add AI teammates to your sessions who contribute fresh ideas, avoid repetition, and build on your team's suggestions in real-time.
After your session, get automated analysis including idea clustering, gap analysis, and an executive summary with actionable insights.
Choose strategically-pick personas relevant to your challenge, but also consider surprising choices
Mix domains-don't all choose tech figures for a tech challenge. Artists and scientists bring fresh perspectives
Embody fully-think about the persona's values, methods, and expertise. Research briefly if needed
Be bold-channel the persona's confidence. Steve Jobs would propose bold ideas, not incremental improvements
Switch if stuck-if a persona isn't generating ideas, try a different one
Build on perspectives-use other personas' ideas as inspiration for your own thinking
Document thinking-explain why the persona would suggest this approach in your idea description
Review by persona-in review, notice which personas generated the most valuable insights for your specific challenge
Channel the wisdom of innovators, artists, and thinkers with Hall of Fame in Ideadrive. Our persona library makes it easy to step into different mindsets and discover breakthrough solutions. Start your session and experience how perspective-shifting unlocks creative innovation.