Ideation
If you are like me you have a million ideas, until you need one. I recently read a short book from 1939 called A Technique for Producing Ideas by James Webb Young. I recommend you spend the $6 to get the book, it is less than 50 pages and can be read in less than an hour, well worth your investment. James Webb Young first states that we need to know the principle of creating ideas, then he provides his method. His 2 principles are straightforward: New ideas come from a combination of old information or elements The ability to synthesize old information or elements into new combinations is contingent on the ability to see the relationships between those pieces of information and elements The ability to find relationships between a set of facts is key in coming up with new ideas James Webb Young then dives into the method he uses to create new ideas. It is important to note that the method produces creative ideas, not just […]