Imagine you have to come up with a new way to use an ordinary pencil. What will you do first?

  • I will write a list of all possible uses, including the absurd ones.
  • I will try to physically bend, split, and grind it to see what it can do.
  • I will ask myself the question: "What could someone from another profession use it for?"
  • I imagine how someone from the past or future would use it.
  • I will ask other people for their ideas and try to combine them.

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