TECHNIQUES TO GENERATE IDEAS

BRAINSTORMING
3 Minutes Brainwriting
Brainwriting questions related
Brainwriting drawing, talking, singing.


ANALOGIES
As if it was a person, an animal, a thing,
A similar problem
A problem from a different domain
The opposite problem


SEARCH
Google (ppt, pdf, videos, etc) Google inside webs or blogs, inside Quora, forums, etc.
DMOZ
Amazon books-author-blog-email, 


INSPIRATION
Imagine what somebody else would do, an expert, somebody you know, etc.
Visualization, excursion, browsing in library other topics you are interested
Read inspiring books, pray about it, write about it.
Wikipedia: "ALSO".
Comments in Youtube, other videos that appear on the side, etc. Your youtube subscriptions.


LOTTERY
Random word association: dictionary
Random image
Dice, card deck, etc.

DIFFERENCES
List of attributes and changes
Scamper, check list, combinations.
Morphological analysis

OPEN QUESTIONS
What if? What else?
Checklist of questions specific for domain
Brainstorming of stupid questions

NOTEBOOK
Free writing, WAIT
Mindmap, drawing
Press release, news in newspaper, article in magazine
Story board


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