1. Collect information that will form the elements of the idea
This is the task of putting together the preexisting elements for the idea. Ideas cannot be created out of thin air. Before coming up with an idea, it is crucial to collect a wide range of preexisting elements that will form the basis of that idea.
This information will consist of specialized knowledge and information from fields with which you are involved and general knowledge and information from other fields outside of your specialty.
Tools: media, books, personal experiences, observation, customer feedback, etc.

2. Expand ideas freely (creating ideas)

It is at the stage of producing a large amount of ideas based on the input information. It is important to postpone the evaluation of ideas and to submit a large number of ideas first.

Think of the way your mind works during this stage as more akin to lines radiating out like spokes of a wheel than in one straight line.
Tools: mind map, sticky notes, mandala chart, etc.

3. Form a Workable Plan to Realize those Ideas
Evaluate the numerous ideas that were produced in the previous stage, and narrow the list down to the most promising ones.
By filling in the details of an abstract idea, you can break it down into a specific, workable plan.
Tools: 5W1H format, Business Model Canvas, etc.

This app can be used for various purposes, but first we will introduce the most recommended usage.

I think everyone has experience in coming up with new ideas by thinking while writing.

This app is perfect for organizing your thoughts while writing in a free style.

Basic flow:

1. First of all, write down what you think appropriately on the card without format

2. Organize the cards by branching them together or grouping them.

3. If you come up with something on the way, write it on the card again and place it.

4. You can write your thoughts freely and gradually structure them.

Brainstorming is one of the classic ideas generation methods. This technique, conceived by A. Osbourne, is useful during the early stages of planning when you need to generate a lot of ideas. It's time to make a decision and post a lot of ideas with emphasis on speed and flexibility. Writing anything that comes to mind and putting it on the canvas can help you come up with new ideas based on existing elements. You can generate a lot of ideas by developing related ideas from a certain card around like an associative game, or by combining cards to create new ideas.

Basic flow:

1. Clarify the problem you want to solve.

2. Write out keywords that are likely to be clues on cards and put them on the canvas.

3. Write out the idea that came up from the keyword on the card and put it around.

4. Overview the whole picture and think about ideas.

5. If you come up with a new idea based on a card, write it on a card and paste it around it.

6. Repeat the above steps and develop ideas on radiation. The flow of thought looks like the arrow in the figure.

By pulling out the input information from your head once and turning it into a card and putting it on the canvas, you can easily come up with ideas. Each idea is written on the card, but only the idea and the essence of information need to be written on the card, and there is no need to write polite sentences. It can be a picture. And handwriting is fundamental to spreading ideas freely.

With the card tool, you can develop ideas by hand on an infinite canvas.

The mind map is a method of developing ideas radially like trees, which will help expand ideas and images, organize ideas hierarchically.

Basic flow:

1. Put the theme you want to consider in the center

2. Extend the branches from there and fill in ideas and keywords that came up in short terms.

3. Add ideas that are more fascinating If a completely different idea comes out, I will create another branch.

4. If you move a branch or change the node, the whole structure will be organized and deepen your understanding.

The mind map is an excellent technique that helps to widen ideas freely and to organize ideas, not necessarily to classify beautifully and beautifully, but because of its nature, a larger canvas is required. Elements also it would be better to be moved freely. With relations tool, you can easily create a mind map on the unlimited canvas.

The kj method is a method of combining a lot of fragmentary ideas and information, extracting the gist and extracting the whole picture of the problem and finding the direction of the solution idea from a cause analysis to an idea issue widely.

Basic flow:

1. Decide on a theme.

2. Write the collected information and your ideas to cards.

3. Group cards with high affinity.

4. Summarize the contents of the group and give it a title.

5. Repeat this process while raising the group hierarchy.

6. Display relationships between groups by relationship.

7. Use the illustration as a springboard to document your overall conclusions.

Hints:

- Finding new similarities between information and information and grouping with innovative approaches will lead to new ideas.

Grouping tools can help you organize ideas and structure them.