Exercise "shrimp" for young ideas

Sometimes when working on a project you may see a lot of small ideas that do not stand alone. But if they unite and direct in the right direction, then in the end you can get a very surprising result.

Exercise includes all four simple steps.

1. 5-10 Select your small ideas that emerged from you during the work on the project.

2. Choose your any authoritative person (boss, the board of directors, etc.), which can cut off any new features that can give these ideas.

3. Use your starting idea to create an incredibly outrageous possibilities by asking yourself the question: "How can we turn this idea into one that will help us to achieve the desired result, but it just our director hate?! ". At the same time, remember that you want to call is not just uncomfortable, but a flurry of true rage! Think of 3-5 options for each idea.

4. Then, for each such "outrageous" the opportunity to ask the next question, which will bring you back to reality: "What are the normal, real ways we can implement this concept?". Come up with at least 10 of such concepts for each idea.

As a result of this exercise, your ideas are outside the scope of the standard, and you begin to see in them the new opportunities that were previously hidden. Besides, it's pretty fun and great for Friday! Especially when you have deadlines "should be ready yesterday";)