Brainstorming Business Ideas

[SuperDuper]

How do you think of needs/problems actively. Is there another way to gather a list of problems/needs without passively waiting for someone to complain or talk about their problems. I'm having a hard time of thinking of a need. Is there a way to just look for problems?

 

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Every annoyance you have, is a possible problem to solve.
I got the same problem, and then I stood at an pedestrian crossing and it hit me; I'm shutting my eyes to a whole host of problems because I feel that they do not suit my skills, even without trying.

Your are not finding problems to solve where you like to have them (your area of expertise), they are every where, you have to tune yourself to see them.

 

[Being747]

"Sometimes we overestimate the necessity to work on problems" (David Cooperrider, "Appreciative Inquiry")

The theory of "Appreciative inquiry" questions the attempt to use problem analyses as a main means to improve. D. Cooperrider claims that, concentrating on the potential in an organization can be much more effective than searching problems and trying to eliminate them.

 

[AndrewNC]

How do you think of needs/problems actively. Is there another way to gather a list of problems/needs without passively waiting for someone to complain or talk about their problems. I'm having a hard time of thinking of a need. Is there a way to just look for problems?

I hear there's a need for people looking for business ideas.

How did I ever come up with that business idea!?

 

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[Guest3722A]

How do you think of needs/problems actively. Is there another way to gather a list of problems/needs without passively waiting for someone to complain or talk about their problems. I'm having a hard time of thinking of a need. Is there a way to just look for problems?

Get out in the world and see what's out there. Keep your ear to the ground for things showing success elsewhere that your area could use. Keep an eye out for things people are going out of their way to get

 

[TonyStark]

Reading

 

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"Sometimes we overestimate the necessity to work on problems" (David Cooperrider, "Appreciative Inquiry")

The theory of "Appreciative inquiry" questions the attempt to use problem analyses as a main means to improve. D. Cooperrider claims that, concentrating on the potential in an organization can be much more effective than searching problems and trying to eliminate them.

There is just a little problem (there is it again "problem"), you need to have an organization to find and optimize the potential.
I am fully with you, if you are in a corporation and you would like to become more engaged in it, but as long as you do not have such a thing, there is no potential to find.
"A Nothing improved, is a better nothing, but it is still nothing."

 

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[juan917]

Every human needs food, water, shelter. There are 9 billion people on the planet.

 

[InformationH]

I'm having a hard time of thinking of a need. Is there a way to just look for problems?

How hard have you tried? Have you ever scheduled hours into your day to only think of ideas?? Have you read and researched how to find needs?

You wouldn't expect to learn how to do other things in business instantly. Take some actually time to focus only on idea/need generation and you will think of more than you'll ever need.