Here’s another ideation exercise coming your way! I call this one the FRUIT ROOT TREE brainstorming method. It presents a fun and natural (har har!) way to take some drilled-down base characteristics of your issue, challenge, or problem and combines them into an idea-filled meal of possibilities.
Let’s dive right on in and see what kind of meals we can make, shall we?!
My Purpose / Self-Discovery Example
I wanted to delve further into the “Hey, what do I really want to do? / Purpose / Interests” topic and see what kind of goodies I could come up with.
I picked “my true interests (or passions)” for my center box. I drilled through to pick these fruits: (1) Ah-ha’s, (2) Brainstorming, and (3) Books. I also dug down deep and picked these roots: (1) Enhancing and (2) Discovery. A screen shot of my example is the opening image for this article.
This led me to the following idea combination meals:
- Discovering ah-ha’s through brainstorming
- Enhancing discovery through books
- Writing books about ah-ha’s discovery
- Discovery (of self) by enhancing “ah-ha” ideas
- Enhancing brainstorming techniques with books
- Brainstorming ways to enhance books
- Sharing ah-ha’s on self-discovery
- Studying ad-ha’s for enhancing brainstorming methods
Some VERY interesting things to run with here… after letting them digest a bit more – you know, really chew them over – marinate a bit… I could go on like this all day, but I can see your eyes rolling already. :)
Looking to run through this for your own issues and challenges? Here go the steps you’ll need to do.