Posts in Creativity/Innovation
The ABC's of Creating New Ideas

New ideas are really just new combinations of old ideas, using the familiar to create the unexpected. There is a basic “ABC” flow to creating new ideas and solutions. To develop these new combinations, you need to create new relationships and linkages between familiar ideas. Then you need to apply these new combinations into an “aha” solution that then can be prototyped, tested and developed…

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Where Do Ideas Come From?

Cities and their surrounding environments are like coral reefs, providing a common connective structure for various subcultures. It is here, in the interaction of diverse views and conversations, where ideas are born. And, like abandoned ships that become rich homes for sea life at the bottom of the ocean, innovations tend to thrive in discarded urban environments…

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