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Awake at the Wheel, Book about big ideas If you're looking for a powerful way to jump start innovation and get your creative juices flowing, Awake at the Wheel is for you. Written by Mitch Ditkoff, Co-Founder and President of Idea Champions.
Free the genie card deck A deck of 55 cards to spark new ideas, breakthroughs and extraordinary results. Buy now! Or brainstorm with our online genie.

"This is really, really good stuff." — Seth Godin

Ingenuity Bank!
Enterprise software to help you create a virtual community of inspired, committed, collaborative innovators cranking out great ideas. Read More!
BrainTrust.
Idea Champions' "rent a brain" network of visionaries, wizards, and creative thinkers ready and able to conjure up breakthrough ideas, products and services on your behalf. Read More!
Face the Music Blues Band The world's first interactive business blues band. A great way to help your workforce go beyond complaint.

"In tune with corporate America." — CNN

Innovation Kits. Here's your one-stop shopping for everything you need (but forgot to ask for) in order to jump start innovation. Read More!
The Sales Force Is With You! Go beyond the commodity trap and help your sales force master the art and science of selling ideas. Taught by Farrell Reynolds, former President of Turner Broadcast Sales.
Our 360° Mission Statement ProcessTM helps your entire workforce dissolve silos and realign with new purpose while drafting your new company mission statement. Read A&E Television Network's rave about it here.
Breakthrough Cafe.
A totally unique brainstorming salon. Great food. Great food for thought. Great people. Collaborate, have fun, get out of the box.

"Inno-waiters With Whine Lists" – The Breakthrough Cafe featured in January 2006 issue of
The Idea Lottery

Want to know one of the "secrets" of creativity? It's about making new CONNECTIONS between seemingly unrelated elements. Let's take "drive in banking" for example. What else is it but the elegant COMBINATION of cars and banking? Or MTV. That really was just a new connection between music and television. All too often, however, we end up locked into old patterns and old "boxes," unable to see creative connections just waiting to be discovered. That's what the IDEA LOTTERY is all about... a simple idea generating tool to help you discover new connections and solutions.

How it Works

  1. Write your challenge as a "How can I?' question
  2. Write up to 15 "elements" of your challenge in the boxes
  3. Write up to 6 random words unrelated to your challenge
  4. Click "generate grid"
  5. Brainstorm (using new connections on your grid to spark ideas)
  6. Write new ideas about your "How can I" challenge
  7. Choose your hottest new idea and elaborate on it

Ready to begin?...

Step 1: Define your Challenge
How can I ...  

Step 2: Write the Main Elements of your Challenge
Write the main elements (i.e. pieces of the puzzle) of your challenge. Don't worry if you leave some blank, our hidden genie will fill in the rest.

Step 3: Write Unrelated Elements
Write unrelated elements, these should have no seeming connection to your "How can I?" challenge. Don't worry if you leave some blank, our hidden genie will fill in the rest.

Step 4: Generate your Idea Lottery Grid
Click here to request our hidden genie to create a grid.

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