Sometimes you need to push past the first obvious idea to uncover the best possible solution to your problem. Your first idea might not be your worst option, but it might not be your best one either.

Audrey Bryson
Audrey Bryson

A user experience researcher and designer with 10 years of experience working in higher education and communications industries.

Don’t stop brainstorming as soon as your first reasonable concept appears.

Creativity is the product of looking at a problem from many different angles. Set an arbitrary number of ideas (3, 5, or 10 ideas can all make for a good starting point) to dream up until you start evaluating each concept’s potential.

Sometimes you need to push past the first obvious idea to uncover the best possible solution to your problem. Of course, your first idea might not be your worst option, but it might not be your best one either.

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The text above was taken and slightly edited from the following sources.

97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know

97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know (Book) by Dan Berlin

  • UX Design
  • Ideation
  • Iteration
  • Problem Solving
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