- The first thing that comes to your mind is often predictable and safe
- If the current way(s) you were trying to do things was working, you wouldn’t feel stuck
- When it comes to creativity, innovation, and leadership, there is no ‘right’ answer
- It’s fun to think beyond the obvious
- You’ll come up with ridiculous and crazy ideas that make you and others laugh
- It’s a way to practice micro-failures
- You might coin new terms like micro-failures
- Amongst the ridiculous and crazy ideas you might just find some great ideas
- You might realise being stuck is a choice
- You might realise being stuck is a story you’re telling yourself
- You might realise being stuck is annoying
- Chances are you’re thinking binary (ie this way or that way)
- You might be able to combine multiple ideas into one, like some sort of mad scientist
- Wednesday’s Noodle Scratcher asserted it to be true
- 16 backwards is 61, which is also an arbitrary number
- You can write a blog about it in the form of a meta arbitrary numbered list that you’re not even sure makes sense
Next time you or someone you’re working with feels stuck: pick an arbitrary number and come up with that many ways to get unstuck.
Who knows, maybe unfiltered and unencumbered brainstorming might just become a hobby of yours like it has mine.