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Conclusion
Instead of treating ideation as the tipping point between being
problem- and solution-focused, try generating ideas across the depth
and duration of your design process to help you frame the problem
with empathy and design learning experiences that meet needs
without unintentionally widening gaps. By depth, I mean that it can
help to drill down and ideate on a particular aspect.
While this chapter introduced a few techniques, there are many more
available.
Finally, ideation can be an effective tool when employed at any
sticking point. Low fidelity prototypes, use-cases and early
storyboards often reveal issues that can be dealt with through
ideation. Even in pilot implementation, having ideation techniques
ready-to-hand can avert disaster when issues come up. This kind of
generative thinking—How can it work? How else could it
work?—serves designers well throughout their design work.
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