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Brainstorm exchange is an easy-to-use web-based brainstorming and concept management solution for companies of all sizes. Brainstorm exchange streamlines and organizes the search for ideas. Companies use brainstorm exchange to develop innovations in:
service
best customer service after the sale, offerings, expanding service ...
product systems
systems and lines of products, extensions of distribution networks ...
operations
order processing, purchasing, sources, workflow, responsibilities ...
packaging
colors, displays, feelings, emotions, intriguing copy, type styles ...
media / public relations
who is receptive, what markets, what is the hook to get attention ...
discovery
new materials, uses, molecules, compounds, novel delivery systems ...
customer relations
who do we need to relate to, why, what do we need to know, trends ...
assembly
order of assembly, process, steps, efficiency, speed, turn around ...
alliances
partnerships, strategic alliances, focus of efforts ...
shipping
boxes, sources, methods, pick-up, delivery, best practices ...
design
ideas, feelings, options, usability, appearance, function, form ...
products
sizes, quantity, type, style, strategy, new product suggestions ...
business model
subscriptions, purchase, options, price points ...
user interface / usability
testing, feedback, standards conformation, accessibility assurance ...
marketing
new markets, market identification, segmentation, market reach ...

open brainstorms

Banking
How can we make Banking a better experience?
a better sled
I'm looking for ideas on how to build a better snow sled.
flexible kayak
why do kayaks need to be rigid? help us with a more fluid design.
public relations - media relations
We are a small company that is trying to get noticed. We would like ideas that we . . .
Better Food
How can I find great local food, year around? In Michigan, we have cold winters and . . .
The perfect recliner
What would make the perfect recliner? As in the most comfortable, one that you could . . .
Chairs
What makes a good chair? What makes a better chair? Ideas on chairs and chair design . . .
Hearing Aids - Why Not
Why do hearing aids suffer from a design crisis? More thought is needed.
notes - taking and retaining online
We are looking for suggestions or examples to build on for an online note-to-self . . .
Quiet pencil sharpener
How do you make a quieter pencil sharpener?
Loyalty cards
Why do I have to have a wallet-full of loyalty cards? Everybody wants me to have . . .
Battery Charger for a Bike
We are seeking ideas to develop a battery charger that uses the energy created and . . .
putter
What makes a good putter? What would make it better?
improving the retail experience
We are looking for ideas to vastly improve the typical retail shopping . . .
Revitalizing a downtown
Our small town is dying. What has your town done to ensure its vitality, or to . . .
Homelessness
What causes homelessness and what can be done to address those issues? Your ideas . . .

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Substitute:
What else would work instead? Would different materials, places, power source, ingredients, or shapes work better?
More with Less:
Eliminate and re-focus on your challenge.
Fill in the above incomplete identity relation analogy. What analogies would you apply to your idea?
Association:
Examine ideas that are similar to yours.
* What is your idea like?
* To what degree does this similarity exist?
* In what ways is it similar to existing ideas?
Fill in the above incomplete identity relation analogy. What analogies would you apply to your idea?
Build on Past Failures.
Fill in the above incomplete identity relation analogy. What analogies would you apply to your idea?
Substitute:
What else would work instead? Would different materials, places, power source, ingredients, or shapes work better?
Defer judgment on ideas that come to you.
* Free your imagination.
* Write or draw every idea that comes to you.
* Create rapidly. Do not self edit as you create.
Combine:
Combine purposes, uses, appeal and physical form.
Opposites:
What word means the opposite of the above word?
Opposites:
What word means the opposite of the above word?
Perseverance:

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
- Calvin Cooledge

Opposites:
What word means the opposite of the above word?
Fill in the above incomplete identity relation analogy. What analogies would you apply to your idea?