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Ideas: ideas and frameworks explained

A collection of ideas, frameworks and techniques related to Ideas, explained clearly so they are easy to understand and share.

2 people interpreting an idea of using bubbles, one in black and white only seeing the bad, and one seeing the spectrum including the good in the ideaThe spectrum policyWhat is the thesis–antithesis–synthesis model, sometimes erroneously called Hegel’s dialectic? A sketch showing an example for a new idea (thesis), an opposing reaction (antithesis), and the tension resolving into a synthesis that becomes the start of a new idea.Thesis, antithesis, synthesisCounter-shadingTreat your ideas with respectThe Smart Little People problem-solving method from TRIZ: someone wonders how little people would solve a technical problem of fixing a leakSmart little peopleChindogu: unuseless inventionsMetaphors for Ideas: Ideas Are Locations, Ideas Are Objects, Ideas Are FoodMetaphors for ideasCheap disposable objectsLateral thinking changes perspective just to be provocativeLateral thinking: 4. Lateral thinking changes perspective just to be provocativeLateral thinking: You don't have to be right at every stepLateral thinking: 3. You don’t have to be right at every stepLateral thinking: 2. Labels are not collectors but signposts. They are not fixedLateral thinking: 1. Lateral thinking is about increasing the breadth of optionsWhat is the SUCCESS framework for making ideas sticky from the book Made to Stick, highlighting six principles: Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, and StoriesMake your idea stickyHow many ideas will you get in idea generation quote: "The number of ideas produced in an ideation session is proportional to the size of the stack of paper in front of you."The number of ideas produced in an ideation session is proportional to the size of the stack of paper in front of youA flat surface has unused potential

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