Sketching ideas
- Divide a piece of paper into six sections.
- Dedicate each section to a sketched idea, based on a single trigger from your Better Mind Map
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Combining the Mind Map Technique with the Creativity Triggers Technique.
The novelty of The Better Mind Map is in the custom triggers tailored to a specific challenge. It is a template that provides structure for your early thinking and customizable to suit your purposes.
- Write your design challenge or problem in the center of a blank piece of paper and circle it.
- Add the following five Topic Areas around the central challenge: User needs, Inspiration, Constraints, Commercial drivers, Service design triggers.
- In the Service design triggers Area, Pick 3 triggers from Entertainment, Simplified/light, Adaptable, Economical, Integrated, Durable.
- Consolidate what you know about each topic area into 3 triggers each.
RELATED IDEAS
1. Open a standard map: with the main topic at the centre.
2. Jot down all my ideas: without structure, in brainstorming mode.
3. Review my big mess: It supports me to eliminate what is not interesting, associate what is identical. etc
4. Review my clean new frame: I’ll review, connect it to images, leading words, and reduce it to the minimum needed.
5. Rehearse it, produce it… lose time, save time: I’ll work on producing (writing a document) or rehearsing (speech).
- Fear of judgment from people in positions of power;
- Extroverts take center stage;
- Groups hate scary ideas, even it they're great ones;