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Ideation
Generating many different ways to solve a problem before choosing one.
What is Ideation?
Generating many different ways to solve a problem before choosing one.
What you learn
Vary how ideas work, not how they look.
When it helps
you need several different ways to solve a problem before choosing a concept.
Use it at work
- Write the problem as a question: “How might we...?”
- Generate ideas without judging them.
- Label each idea by how it works.
- Ask for ideas that work in a way not yet on the wall.
Your output
In your next brainstorm, label each idea by how it works. If most share one mechanism, ask for ideas that work another way.
Watch for
Producing variations of the first idea.
Related practices
- Analogy
- Co-creation
- Concept Modeling
- Art Direction
- Interaction Prototyping
- Design Principles
- Storyboarding
- Idea Fluency
- Attribute Variation
- Forced Connections
- Divergent & Convergent Thinking
- Abductive Reasoning
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