Martin Leith offers a list of "every idea generation method I've encountered during the past 15 years" in a new Web site. Drawing on a wide range of sources, he touches on various mapping techniques, approaches to brainstorming, and innovative card decks, along with other practices, processes, and tools. If you need to move beyond some of the myths of creativity, this might be a good place to start.
[via Strategize]
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Recent Comments | 3 Total
September 1, 2005 at 6:53pm by Kurt Maddox
Here's my creativity methodology:
1. Think of an issue that needs a solution.
2. Sit quietly for 10 minutes.
3. Turn my brain on.
4. See what happens.
Don't even try to steal this, Bill Gates! I already have all my patents pending for my menu structure!
September 2, 2005 at 7:42pm by David Gibbons
please link to methods to STOP the flow of ideas, I thought this was fastcompany
;-) great link, thanks
September 3, 2005 at 5:00am by roger fulton
gee, fellas, I think this stuff is all cool, but...every single time Bigdome says, "gosh, let's put some stuff up on a board,and SEE WHAT FLOATS!!" session has been a huge waste of time in my career, for the following reasons:
1. the boss lead the group. (Big Mistake)
2. he really didn't mean it. (whatever he said)
3. or, he wanted to use the ideas as his.
4. and the group knew it!!
5. the group had prior experience and clammed up
6. and.... threw lamebrain curvesball answers at him to fowl him up.
7. he being that stupid, wrote them down anyway.
8. or, as a last option, group clams up, becuz
9. boss, being untrustworthy, shoots messenger, everyone knows it, i.e. no one talks first.
10. lastly, lamebrain shoots down all suggestions with epiphet, " or that won't work," or the every popular, " that's stupid," where upon, no one speaks.
That about covers my experience in Board Rooms of Major Airlines, Hotels, top five worldwide print companies, 7th largest mall on the planet, and Freight Forwarding corporations with worldwide marketing. Hence the need for so many top-flight "consultants."