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There are ten more brainstorming techniques
listed in the article by Bea Fields below. Some of them overlap
with the ideas presented on the page "How
To Brainstorm," and others, but we all express these
things in our own unique way. Maybe the way they are presented
here will make more sense to you, or trigger some new ideas that
are helpful. Enjoy.
Top Ten Brainstorming Techniques
for Business Success
By Bea Fields
We experience creativity every time a fresh
idea pops into our minds. We recognize creative imagination in
everything from a pastel painting to a business plan. By trying
these ten tips, you will discover some amazing creative abilities
that may surprise you.
1. Substitute someone else's perspective
for yours. How would a teacher, lawyer, actor, artist, explorer,
journalist, psychologist, engineer, homemaker, child, or accountant
approach your idea or subject? Don't know? Ask them!
2. Look at your idea through the eyes of
a critic. For each idea, make a list of all criticisms that may
arise. Try to develop as many solutions as possible for overcoming
obstacles or repairing weaknesses in your idea.
3. Connect your idea to other worlds or
fields. Look at the worlds of Politics, Art, Science & Medicine,
Hollywood, The Ice Age, Astronomy, Astrology, Ballet, Animation,
The Army, Asia, Teaching, Music, Europe, and the like. Can you
make an analogy, and what ideas can you draw upon from these
fields and worlds?
4. Magnify your idea. What can you do to
enlarge, expedite, extend, strengthen, exaggerate, dramatize,
or improve your idea?
5. Simplify your idea. Can you condense,
trim down, compact, minimize, or narrow your idea?
6. Change your idea. Modify the name, color,
sound, shape, form, function, smell, taste, and properties of
your idea.
7. Make your idea meet the needs and wants
of the masses. Does your idea meet the basic needs and wants
of more comfort, money, food, shelter, time, space, convenience,
attractiveness, health, and beauty? If not, alter your idea to
meet one if not all of these needs and wants.
8. Add more value. What will add more value?
Add extra features, durability, safety, thickness, accuracy,
guarantees, uses, and freebies.
9. Examine what others have done. Emulate
professionals and experts who have had great success with a similar
idea or product. Are you facing a problem that has already been
solved? Use the past as a tool for experimentation and learning.
10. Flip a coin. When you cannot make a
decision, flip a coin. Once the coin falls, use your intuition
and gut to make a decision. If you feel comfortable with the
result, go with it. If you feel uncomfortable with the coin toss,
make the opposite decision.
About The Author
Bea Fields, Southern Pines, NC, USA; bea@fivestarleader.com
http://www.fivestarleader.com
Bea Fields is an Executive Coach and
a Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach. She is also a Consultant,
Trainer, Public Speaker and author of the Five Star Leader e-course.
Her area of expertise is that of Leadership Development and Marketing
for Executives, Managers, Small Business Owners, and Political
Leaders.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/
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