ideation
Generating new concepts
Ideation is the process of forming ideas or concepts.
In business and design contexts, it often refers to the creative phase of brainstorming: The team scheduled an ideation session for the new product line.
In clinical psychology, ideation describes persistent thoughts, especially harmful ones: suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation.
Generating many ideas freely
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- thinkingMental reasoning process
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
abstraction · intellection · perception · insight · reflection · contemplation · reasoning · analysis
Generating many ideas freely
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- originalityNovel creative quality
ingenuity · invention · innovation · novelty · artistry · genius · flair · fantasy
Generating many ideas freely
- workshoppingCollaboratively refining creative material
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
- sketchingMaking rough drawings
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
sprint · scrum · design-thinking · divergence · convergence · incubation · storyboarding · charette
Abstract mental construct
- notionImprecise mental impression
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- solutionAnswer or liquid mixture
premise · theory · blueprint · framework · vision · scheme · plan · approach
Creating something original
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- roadmappingOutlining a forward path
- pivotPoint of rotation
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
R&D · venture · startup · entrepreneurship · pitch · feasibility · opportunity · commercialization
brainstorming
Generating many ideas freely
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- thinkingMental reasoning process
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
visualization · abstraction · intellection · perception · insight · reflection · contemplation · reasoning · analysis · synthesis
brainstorming
Generating many ideas freely
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
originality · ingenuity · invention · innovation · novelty · artistry · genius · flair · fantasy · musing
brainstorming
Generating many ideas freely
- workshoppingCollaboratively refining creative material
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
- sketchingMaking rough drawings
iteration · sprint · scrum · design-thinking · divergence · convergence · incubation · storyboarding · charette · whiteboarding
concept
Abstract mental construct
- notionImprecise mental impression
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
solution · premise · theory · blueprint · framework · vision · scheme · plan · approach · prototype
innovation
Creating something original
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- roadmappingOutlining a forward path
- pivotPoint of rotation
disruption · R&D · venture · startup · entrepreneurship · pitch · feasibility · opportunity · commercialization · go-to-market
- creativityimagination, creativity, brainstorming, unique voice, inspiration
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- designdesign principles, functionality, emphasis, unity, graphic design
- buzzwordssynergy, leverage, paradigm, stakeholder, scalable
- collaborationteamwork, partnership, co-creation, alliance, sharing
ideationthoughtlessness
Lack of careful consideration
mindlessness · vacuity · disengagement · inattention · dullness
ideationexecution
Completing a planned task
implementation · realization · actualization · production · action
ideationliteralness
Adherence to precise meaning
literality · concreteness · practicality · materialism · literalism
- suicidal ideationThoughts of ending one's life