The Nominal Group Technique, Automated
Everyone writes their idea privately. Everyone compares them two at a time, blind to who said what. The group’s strongest answer emerges — no domination, no groupthink. OneMind runs a full NGT-style round online in minutes, for any group, anywhere.
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NGT works — but running it by hand doesn’t scale
On paper the Nominal Group Technique is brilliant: silent idea generation, round-robin sharing, private ranking. But doing it with sticky notes and a whiteboard is slow, painful to tally, and impossible remotely. OneMind automates every step so you get the fairness of NGT without the manual overhead.
How it works
- Silent Idea Generation. Each participant writes their idea privately and anonymously — the silent-generation step that stops the loudest voice from anchoring the room.
- Anonymous Ranking. Everyone compares the ideas two at a time and picks the better — a private, low-effort vote that captures honest judgment, free of social pressure.
- Instant Convergence. OneMind tallies the rankings instantly and surfaces the group’s top idea — no manual scoring, no debate, no bias.
What makes OneMind different
- True Anonymity. NGT’s power comes from separating ideas from identity. OneMind enforces it — ideas are judged on merit, never on who said them.
- Remote or In-Person. Run NGT with a distributed team or a room full of people. Everyone joins from any device with a link — no app, no account.
- Automatic Scoring. The hardest part of NGT by hand is tallying the ranks. OneMind does it instantly, with a transparent, auditable result.
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