brainstorming
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How Old Ideas Drive New Innovations
2In 2010, Thomas Thwaites decided he wanted to build a toaster from scratch. He walked into a shop, purchased the cheapest toaster he could find and promptly went home and broke it down piece by piece.
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Three Approaches To Getting Unstuck When You’re Out Of Ideas
The first step (always the hardest, right?) in solving a problem is recognising you have one. We’re all familiar with the feeling of grappling with a head-scratcher for longer than we’d like. It can take a while to connect the time we’ve lost staring at the screen with the fact that we’re stuck on something…
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The Value Of An End Of The Week ‘Brain Dump’
One of my favourite things to do on a lazy Friday afternoon (when I should be working, but I have a few posts already done in advance and my mind is wandering a bit) is to do a “brain dump.”
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What To Do When You Hit A Brainstorming Brick Wall
The moment a great idea or solution hits you can feel like magic — like it’s been delivered whole to you by some divine being. But what usually ends up happening is quite the opposite — we’re floundering and stuck on a problem, desperate for one of those magic breakthroughs to pull through.