Ideation Pillows

"Hey! That's a good idea!"

"Anyone having a 'Eureka!' moment?"

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

The Map of the human brain

Light Bulb Moment

'It's not easy being ahead of your time.'

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

"Hmmm ... that's interesting. Now, what about ideas that don't suck - do you have any of those?"

'The sunglasses idea would have worked if you hadn't started snoring.'

'Bad news, sir -- there's a leak in our think tank!'

Eureka!

Bright idea

The Thought Process.

Creative department

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

'I think your father's had one of his big ideas...'

Blue sky thinking

Good idea.

'I know it's a bit unusual, but that's where he gets all the best ideas.'

Innovative

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

'I try not to think big too often or I get terrible headaches.'

'Truth is fine, but I really need marketable ideas.'

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

Thinking outside of the box

Innovation tray covered in ivy.

'Hey! What's the big idea!?!'

"I'm Necessity and this is my son, Invention."

Work colleague says 'This is great, where do you get your ideas from?' as man gets them from small elves living in the wall

Brainstorm in progress.

"Do you mind if I bounce something off you?"

"Mom, come quick. Dad's in a stupor."

You are much more likely to think outside the box if it is broken.