Idea Incubators

Consider the building collection of
Idea Incubators
by Liane Sebastian, publishing pioneer:

Part 1: The Positioned Mind weaves together a foundational tapestry for creative thinking. Like any great endeavor, a journey takes preparation: shopping for materials, packing the right equipment, and choosing a road map. Create the environment to be creative:

 #1: “Maintenance Mastery” Get rid of what is in the way of developing creative energy.
#2: “Marketing to Match” Focus on the best target audience and their behavior.
#3: “Risk: The Dark Side of Creativity” Formulate plans that mitigate or use risks to advantage.
#4: “Master Things to Do” Organize and prioritize strategy.
#5: “Choosing Change” Insert flexibility and perspective into plans.
#6: “Is Creativity a Luxury?” Decide how creativity fits business.
#7: “Form a Creative Base” Wearing various organizational hats is the input for creative focus.
#8: “Ignite Creative Collaboration” Get everyone on the same page.

Part 2: The Creative Mind explores the best ways to come up with great ideas:

#9: “The Creative Compass“    Gain clarity through matching conviction with circumstance.
#10: “Origins of Originality” Explore methods for generating original ideas.
#11: “Perfectionism—Agony or Ecstacy?”  Perfectionism need limits so that it does not become counterproductive.
#12: “Flexible Fuel ” Managing flexibility requires new and evolving skills, necessary to encourage creativity.
#13: “The Most Creative Question” Explore the process to arrive at the single most important and impactful question.
#14: “Gauging Good Ideas” Having ideas and knowing which are worth pursuing involve different levels of the creative process.
#15: “Solitary Brainstorms” Discover meaningful ideas. Brainstorming begins with a solitary exploration.
#16: “The Focus of Variety” Develop a battery of approaches, ideas, tricks, and techniques.

Part 3: The Focused Mind uses passion and planning to achieve the most worthwhile goals.
#17: “Passion Rules“  Where you invest your time and resources is both a self-portrait and a prediction.
#18: “Productive Passion” Follow passion as a sign post for viability. Develop a project plan to focus and actualize.
#19: “Maintain Motivational Momentum ” Edit ideas ruthlessly and then follow the best ones passionately. Build techniques that can keep the motivation strong through the development of large projects.
#20: “Presentation Passion” How an idea is presented can be as important as the idea itself. Investigate the qualities that make a presentation strong through focusing passions.
#21: “The Best Project Editor” Use audience feedback to direct focus by uniting interests and needs.
#22: “Propelling Passion Daily“  Ask a series of questions regularly to focus passion and do the right things with strength.
#23: “Relying on Resources” Making the most with what you have means focusing resources creatively.
#24: “Emotions as Creative Guideposts” Emotional reactions are the best indicators of worthwhile goals.