Brainstorming Techniques

Brainstorming is one strategy for something creative to come into fruition, Write all ideas, the good , the bad, the ridiculous and funny ones. Scrutinize. You can do self-quizzing to come up with a solution to a problem, a wonderful product etc. Here are a list of questions to creatively spur you to open the floodgates of streaming ideas.

-Other uses. Is there a new way to use this?

-Borrow or adapt. What other ideas might be adaptable?

-New twist. What other shape?

-More so. Increase strength. Ex. Extra strong beer.

-Substitutes. What replaces?

-Less so. Eliminate? Ex. Antenna –less mobile phones

-Rearrange. Transpose cause and effect.

-Reverse. Do the opposite.

-Combine. Combine purpose. Ex. Benjamin Franklin dislikes switching eyeglasses so he invented the bifocals.

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