We hold these truths to be self-evident…

… I cannot do it, I am too old, I don’t know enough, I don’t have a creative bone in my body, the man is the head of the family, drug addicts are weak, we must fight for democracy, I must own my home, this organisation does not value its workers, indigenous people are violent, [...]

CAPTURING IDEAS – out of the blue or with intent?

We get ideas all the time, sometimes they come out of the blue, but often, they have to be carefully and intentionally captured.
There are many tools for generating ideas, one of my favourites is SCAMPER.
I first came across SCAMPER in Michael Michalko’s, Thinkertoys, a ‘must-have’ book about innovation. You can also google SCAMPER and [...]