Connections.

Try this … Go to a dictionary, randomly open it up and stab your finger into it. Take the word your finger lands on and try to see a connection between that word and a challenge you’re working on. Or use this random word generator. It may seem like a waste of time to our logical mind to try to force connections between disparate ideas, but it is actually a method employed by many creative people and successful companies in order to find fresh ideas, novel solutions and potential innovations.

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