FC NOW: The Fast Company Weblog
January 6, 2005
Ways to Nurture an Idea
Earlier this week, John posted an entry about ways to discourage, derail, and effectively destroy new ideas. Chuck Frey's Innovation Weblog offers a useful corollary to that post, touching on the concept of springboard thinking.
Sometimes the best ideas are ideas that have been reconsidered, revisited, and revised. How can you escalate ideas? Encourage new ideas? Here are some starting springboards:
- Redefine the task headline
- Make a wish
- Start with a new idea
- Challenge constraints
- Add random thoughts
- Draw on feelings or gut level reactions
- Consider conflicting points of view
Posted by Heath Row at January 6, 2005 12:40 PM | Category: ideas |
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Also reconsider rejected ideas - sometimes the most innovative ideas are the most poorly expressed. The idea originator may have the mental picture of what he means but not the right words or fluency to describe it. But rejected ideas may be turned into winners after further discussion and exploration