Directions

On the right hand side of the page is a listing of Creative Tools for you to try.

Focus

Tools to generate more and better ideas. Some will be comfortable for you as they fit your style. Others will not fit your style, and lead to more and better ideas.

Action

Select an IdeaTool which will take you to another page to try the tool.

- Guided Training

  1. Find YourStyle
  2. Create a Challenge Statement
  3. Generate ideas using “IdeaTools”

Results

You will challenge yourself to produce ideas by using different creativity tools. Again, the result will be more and better ideas for your challenge statement

Tools

Welcome to the exciting part of your journey! The tools found on this page are interactive and give you a chance to think differently while improving your personal creativity, and your business results. Finding more, and better ideas requires good tools, and these are some of the best. The tools here have been used extensively in live workshops with great success. The first three tools are now available on-line for you to use.

Please select a tool from the chart below:

Please select a tool by clicking on the Tool Name:
Tool Number Tool Name Think Style Opposite style Time to do (minutes) Related Tools
1 Idea Matrix Analytical Visual 10 7,8,10
2 Go for Idea Walk Visual Analytical 20 3,6,9
3 Creative Castle Visual Analytical 20 2,6,9
4 Artist's View Visual Analytical 10 5,6
5 Big Picture Visual Analytical 10 4,6
6 Immerse Yourself Analytical Visual 10 4,5
7 Treasure hunt Analytical Visual 10 8
8 Idea Mapping Analytical Visual 10 7
9 Scavenger hunt Visual Analytical 10 2,3,4,5
10 Birds and Bees Analytical Visual 10 7,8

Results

As you finish each of the tools by hitting the submit button, your results go the the results page. When you are done your ideas will be summarized for you. You should expect a minimum of 10 ideas or more for each tool used. A Normal ratio of "good" ideas to ideas is 10 to 1. This is the reason it is important to use as many tools as possible and create as many ideas as possible. This will make it easier to edit and combine the ideas to end up with some real, "winners".