I'm Hungry!
1. Cultivate an appetite:
- Explore/Discover/Be Open
- Ask Questions
- Give yourself the courage to create
Can I hunt and gather?
2. Gather:
- Gather Facts, figures, feelings that relate-stock your brain
- Use different sources: from the wildly exotic to the commonplace
- Brainstorm
Slice and dice
3. Cut:
- Analyze by dividing into smaller parts
- What is the essence of the problem?
- Divide, categorize (Conquer!)
- Look at things in a “new” way
I am a Mixmaster!
4. Mix:
- Join, relate, marry ideas and connections
- Invent, use analogy, metaphor
"Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble"
5. Cook:
- Let ideas stew, simmer
- Allow things to reach the “zone” or “flow”
Sorry!
Bad JOKE!
6. Spice:
- Add accent by asking ‘What if’ questions
- Change contexts-Express ideas in different models
- Break the rules!
Just a nibble
7. Taste:
- Evaluate how effective the ideas are-strengths/weaknesses (SWOT--if you don't know what SWOT is and you are in Business, trust me you will know...if you are not in a Business program, do an internet search!)
- What
can be learned from what went wrong?
Resistance is Futile! Assimilate!
8. Digest:
- Assimilate ideas.
- Are ideas providing a balanced diet from all the mental food groups?
