105Imagination Development
the hacker-style, immediate and intuitive thinking with a more deliberate,
system-oriented approach that may improve the longevity of the solutions.
Similarly, we can use the money tool to play with the amount of resources
available for creating solutions. A quick walk through a range of budget
options, from having unlimited money to no money at all, helps bring into
focus ideas that do not require signicant funding for achieving desired
results. On the other hand, with a lot of extra money to spend, it becomes
possible to address issues requiring a massive infrastructure overhaul.
For example, today’s American electrical power grid was created for the
needs of the industrial age, that is, powering large-scale factory ...