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By: Henrik Edberg

Henrik Edberg — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:32:40 +0000

Thanks for adding your new tips and comments, guys. I appreciate it and I’m sure the other readers do too.

By: Michael Woo

Michael Woo — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:35:03 +0000

Great tips.. very inspiring appreciate you sharing these info..

By: Scott Dannemiller

Scott Dannemiller — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:58:14 +0000

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing your insights.

I would also add a couple of things. First, get together with a group of people whose minds do not think like yours. Combining different perspectives is a sure-fire way to generate innovative ideas. This is especially true if the group follows your advice to “criticize later.”

Second, combine unrelated elements. For instance, if you are trying to think of new ways to organize your workspace, ask youself, “How would a doctor organize my workspace? How would a bee colony organize my workspace? What about a supermarket manager?” I know, it sounds a bit wacky, and you might end up with a lot of wild ideas, but these often lead to breakthrough thinking.

Again, I enjoyed the post. I hope you get to feeling better!

By: Claus

Claus — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:45:56 +0000

Yep, I can vouch for all 8 of those from personal experience. It’s interesting to me that you don’t add “Seek inspiration in the ideas of others” or some other formulation of getting cultural input from the museum, books, movies or whatever works for you.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:23:16 +0000

As I’m in a creative field, I often look to magazines for inspiration – this isn’t anything revolutionary… except that I often tend to prefer magazines that aren’t in any way obviously related to my work. I’m a Flash developer and yet I often look at magazines about interior design, science, movies, sport etc… just looking for that one elusive spark.

I find that inspiration is generally a collaboration between old ideas and new influences… I already know the old ideas… it’s the novel influences that are valuable.

By: Strategic Design | marketing & branding thoughts by Nick Rice

Strategic Design | marketing & branding thoughts by Nick Rice — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:46:53 +0000

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By: mr. besilly

mr. besilly — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:07:45 +0000

I find sleeping less while sailing on a boatload of ideas works really well for me. Great stuff!

By: GNIF Brain Blogger

GNIF Brain Blogger — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:53:05 +0000

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