A 5-Step Technique for Producing Ideas circa 1939

A 5-Step Technique for Producing Ideas circa 1939

Unearth the timeless wisdom of a 1939 classic as we delve into a 5-step technique for idea generation. Discover how this vintage approach can still spark creativity and innovation in today's fast-paced, digital world.

The habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas

James Webb Young in 1939: A Technique for Producing Ideas (public library)

Step 3: Conscious Processing

Turn the problem over to your unconscious mind and let it work while you sleep.

The A-HAMOMENT

Out of nowhere the Idea will appear.

Gathering raw material

Young emphasizes the importance of building a rich pool of “raw material” – mental resources from which to build new combinations

Step 5: Idea meets reality

It requires a lot of patient working over to make most ideas fit the exact conditions, or the practical exigencies, under which they must work.

Step 2: DIGESTING THE MATERIAL

Take the different bits of material which you have gathered and feel them all over with the tentacles of the mind

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