The Heart of Innovation: 14 Ways to Get Breakthrough Ideas

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August 07, 2008
14 Ways to Get Breakthrough Ideas

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Here are 14 ways to get breakthrough ideas, excerpted from my ChangeThis Manifesto, available here for downloading.

1. Follow your fascination
2. Immerse
3. Tolerate ambiguity
4. Make new connections
5. Fantasize
6. Define the right challenge
7. Listen to your subconscious
8. Take a break
9. Notice and challenge existing patterns and trends
10. Hang out with diverse groups of people
11. Brainstorm
12. Look for happy accidents
13. Use creative thinking techniques
14. Suspend logic

Additional catalysts for generating breakthrough ideas can be found here.

Posted by Mitch Ditkoff at August 7, 2008 02:53 PM

Comments

Hey Mitch, congratulations on your new ChangeThis manifesto. Well done. Glad to be releasing one the same month as you. Best, David

Posted by: David Meerman Scott at August 9, 2008 06:37 AM

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