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Combining Random Ideas to Produce Ideas

Creativity Challenge 2002 #06

Hope you had fun with your collection of cliches this past week. Let's experiement with a creative thinking trait that we can all develop: Multiple Idea Combinations. It is one of the 20 that the TTCT (Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking) measure. Each day combine 6 to 12 randomly selected ideas and pick one object or challenge to apply the ideas to and generate 6 or more new ideas. If you combine two ideas at a time in pairs you can create 30 combinations of pairs. If you combine 3 ideas at a time you can create 120 ideas at a time. I.E.:
  1. make it out of plastic,
  2. give it a texture like a bird,
  3. give it a range of computer generated sounds,
  4. make it's parts replacible,
  5. make it self-cleaning
  6. make it temperature resistant
We can combine these 6 sample ideas in pairs, triples, quads, etc. to produce 6 factorial ideas 6x5x4x3x2x1 or 720 ideas. If you start with 12 it will produce 12x11x10x9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1 ideas. A whole big bunch.

MONDAY
Collect 6 to 12 products/objects from your house. Examine each one for a distinct idea that has made that product/object unique, useful, creative.
Then choose a challenge or another object to generate ideas for. Use ideas from the 6 to 12 objects you chose in pairs, threes, fours, fives, sixes, etc. and generate ideas for how the challenge or object you chose might be improved.

TUESDAY
Flip through a newspaper or two and randomly select 6 to 12 products/objects/problems from advertisements or articles.  Examine each one for a distinct idea that has made that product/object unique, useful, creative or has solved a problem described in the article.
Then choose a challenge or another object to generate ideas for. Use ideas from the 6 to 12 things you discovered in the newspaper in pairs, threes, fours, fives, sixes, etc. and generate ideas for how the challenge or object you chose might be improved.

WEDNESDAY
Flip through a magazine or two and randomly select 6 to 12 products/objects/problems from advertisements or articles. Examine each one for a distinct idea that has made that product/object unique, useful, creative or has solved a problem described in the article.
Then choose a challenge or another object to generate ideas for. Use ideas from the 6 to 12 objects you discovered in pairs, threes, fours, fives, sixes, etc. and generate ideas for how the challenge or object you chose might be improved.

THURSDAY
Flip through phone book yellow pages and randomly select 6 to 12 products/objects/problems from advertisements or listings. Examine each one for a distinct idea that has made that product/object/service unique, useful, creative or has solved a problem.
Then choose a challenge or another object to generate ideas for. Use ideas from the 6 to 12 things you chose in pairs, threes, fours, fives, sixes, etc. and generate ideas for how the challenge or object you chose might be improved.

FRIDAY
On your way to work or school or to run errands today randomly select 6 things: products, objects, natural things (plants, insects, animals, etc.). Examine each one for a distinct idea that has made that thing unique, useful, creative or has solved a problem.
Then choose a challenge or another object to generate ideas for. Use ideas from the 6 to 12 items you chose in pairs, threes, fours, fives, sixes, etc. and generate ideas for how the challenge or object you chose might be improved.



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