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Use the following tools to kick start your creative thinking. On their own,
these tools can help stimulate, diversify, and broaden the range of your
creative thinking. For help applying these and other tools to a guided
problem-solving process, email
Peter Lloyd. Visit the Head Shed
for Reference,
Resources, and more
Tools.
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Online Idea Generation |
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Brainline |
Online brainstorming
process that collects ideas from participants around the world, .including
your own, hand-picked, professional
Brain Gang. |
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BrainlineXpress
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Do-It-Yourself version
of Brainline without expert consultation or customized stimulation. |
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Bubbl.us |
Collaborative, online mind-mapping
tool. |
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Do Storm |
Instant, collaborative
brainstorming tool |
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Dot-o-mator |
Combines words you choose and add
into lists of original combinations. |
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Web 2.0 Domain Name Generator |
Generates random, Web 2.0 word
combinations. |
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Instant
Stimulation |
| Animal Crackers
Tool |
Shorthand version of the
Animal Crackers process. |
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Create Your Own Quote |
Generates original and sometimes
meaningful quotations. |
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NEW
Heads Up! |
Use this daily dose of invention,
innovation, and new ideas from every kind of human endeavor from every
corner of the earth to stimulate you creative work. |
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Idea Generator |
Word-combination too. |
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Job Force |
Takes inspiration from occupations. |
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Naming Prompts |
Suggests 100 ways to think about naming. |
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Naque Word Mixer |
Generates new words from your word list. |
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Ricliché |
Uses playfully distorted proverbs
as prompts. |
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Sloganeeze |
Draws inspiration from advertising
slogans. |
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Star Force |
Asks how famous people might solve
your problem. |
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Stimulation Processes |
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Creative Techniques |
Offers limited random stimulation, then demands software purchase to
continue. |
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Free the Genie |
Four ways to use 55 prompts from the Idea Champions |
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Idea-A-Day |
Over 700 free ideas and growing. |
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Idea Lottery |
Connection tool from the Idea Champions |
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Jump Start |
A catalytic "oomph" from the Idea
Champions |
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The Solution
Machine |
Step-by-step solution-finding
process |
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Random Word Technique |
Adds solution-finding process to
randomly generated words from Creativity Unlimited. |
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Watizit |
Creative Idea Generation Tool |
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Words, Rhymes, Quotes |
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Female Character Namer |
Generates random male
first and last names |
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Male Character Namer |
Generates random
female first and last names |
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One Look |
Powerful word
resource |
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QuotAmaze |
Follow a chain of quotations to
inspiration. |
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Wikiquote |
Ad-free compendium of
quotations in every language, including sources. |
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Free Dictionary |
One of the best. No
ads. |
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Wiktionary |
Collaborative,
full-featured, multilingual dictionary |
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WordGizmo |
An exercise in
finding meaning in nonsense |
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Language Tools |
Dictionary, Thesaurus,
translator, anagrams |
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Rhyme Zone |
Rhyming tool with
references and definitions |
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Problem Solving Processes |
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100 Online Brainstorming Tools to Help You Think Outside the Box by L.
Fabry |
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Alex Osborne
Brainstorming |
Seminal
problem-solving method spelled out in
Applied Imagination. |
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CPS |
Method of the
Creative Problem
Solving Institute. |
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Productive Thinking |
Tim Hurson's structured
framework for problem solving. |
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Six Thinking Hats |
Edward DeBono's
thinking framework. |
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Synectics |
Uses metaphor and
analogy in specialized groups. |
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Win Wenger"s 20 Points |
Problem-solving
checklist. |
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