y comparing your idea to a commonly understood situation helps you explore the idea from a different angle.
I LOVE using analogies and metaphors to explore ideas! I used to practice this technique a lot with my Multilingual learners because it is so beneficial for providing language for complex concepts or abstract ideas.
ive each participant a sheet of A4 paper ruled off into eight sections. Set a timer for five minutes and ask each participant to fill six to eight of the sections with rough sketches. Put all the sheets on the wall then give each participant two stickers to put on his or her two favourite ideas.
I liked this idea. In a class we have been working on prototyping and one thing that we have had to work on is trying to get a centralized idea of what we want to create. I think that this could help accomplish this task.
uggests customizing the visuals to the nature of the challenge you’re trying to solve
At first I felt that this brainstorming technique would not deliver ideas specific to a problem or challenge, but this provided more clarity to how it can be tailored to a situation.
you start out by asking for the impossible and then brainstorm ways to make it, or at least some approximation of it, possible.
I liked this quote because it reminded me that a lot of the innovation that exists today in our world was once believed to be impossible. It is a great reminder that what may at first feel like a unfixable problem can be resolved through creative thinking.