Eliminate
Sometimes subtracting something from your problem yields new ideas. Trimming down ideas, objects, processes, steps, etc. may help na
ow the subject to its necessary function or illuminate a part that’s appropriate from some other use.
Examples from: Michael Michalko ThinkPak and https:
imagineer7.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/scamper-one-of-the-most-productive-creative-thinking-techniques
Kiichiro Toyoda, founder of Toyota, studied American supermarkets and noted that, to save space and avoid spoilage, they limit storage of perishable items on site. Toyoda adapted this concept and used it to eliminate waste and warehouse space, reducing costs dramatically. The “just in time” concept gave Toyota a significant competitive advantage over every other automobile manufacturer in the world at that time.
The topic is about facebook so you need to come up with a solution or something you want to change to solve the problem you are addressing.
Answer the following questions.
1. What if the subject were smaller or had less of something?
2. What parts or functions are not really necessary? What should you omit? What can you bypass?
3. Can you divide it or split it up? Can you take it apart to find what’s useful and/or what’s missing?
4. Can you state your problem using the na
owest of definitions? Does this lead to a quicker solution?
5. Can you simplify it, streamline it, miniaturize it, condense it, shrink it, etc.?
6. Can you separate it into different parts, concepts, steps, elements, etc.? Can you determine how useful each piece is? Can you improve one piece at a time?
7. What’s the downside to the subject? What are the roadblocks? Can the negatives be eliminated, minimized, or overcome (worked around)?
8. Can rules be eliminated or simplified?
9. Look at it from another perspective such as what isn’t the problem? What really matters? What’s not necessary?
What did you determine for your selected problem?
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