Tip 5
Connect Ideas to Ideas
Not every idea turns out to be useful or actionable on its own. Sometimes you can create great ideas by combining two concepts that were previously unconnected and perhaps unable to stand on their own. While occasionally the combination of two ideas is a matter of happenstance, more often it is the result of deliberately exploring whether you can strengthen an idea by connecting it to other ideas that you’ve encountered or are able to generate.
Consider what happened when Sony first introduced the Walkman—the first portable device for playing prerecorded music stored on cassette tapes. It was a unique idea that transformed consumer electronics. For the first time you could take your favorite music with you wherever ...
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