Michael Michalko’s Thinker toys will get you looking at things in a new and different way, leading you to new ideas and unique insights. This book presents over 100 field-tested, immediately usable tools for generating ideas and stimulating creativity, and the strategies are easily adapted to specific needs or industries.
The Lotus Blossom
Expand your thinking with the Lotus Blossom brainstorming technique, which was originally developed by Yasuo Matsumura of Clover Management Research in Japan.
It helps you to organise your thinking around significant themes. You start with a central subject and expand into themes and sub-themes, each with separate entry points.
The petals around the core of the blossom are figuratively “peeled back”one at a time, revealing a key component or theme. This approach is pursued in ever-widening circles until the subject or opportunity is comprehensively explored.The cluster of themes and surrounding ideas and applications, which are developed in one way or another, provide several different possibilities.