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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

  1. Write the problem as a question: “How might we...?”
  2. Generate ideas without judging them.
  3. Label each idea by how it works.
  4. 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.

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