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Tools for generating new ideas

The definitive collection of idea generation methods

This is a huge collection of models for thinking about and generating fresh ideas. Seems focused on product development, but there’s good stuff here for most any interest or creative purpose. From the intro:

The methods have been drawn not just from the worlds of creative problem solving and innovation, but also from other worlds such as organisational change, strategic planning, psychotherapy, the new sciences and the creative arts.

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Idea Generation Ideas Via 43Folders, Martin...

Idea Generation Ideas

Via 43Folders, Martin Leith has gathered together a giant list of ways to spark your creativity and idea generation methods: “This website lists and explains every idea generation method I’ve encountered during the past 15 years.”

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