# Idea Compass
## Notes
Ideas can be analyzed from four different directions.
To get maximum creativity, each time focus only on a single direction and try to develop it.
This is similar to the 6 (Jump:: [[thinking hats]]) that talks about how we can explore an issue from different angles. Similarly (Jump:: [[Reverse Thinking]]) is the tool that helps us get there
The four direction are:
### North - Where does this idea leads to?
1. What does this idea contributes to?
2. what domains are children of this idea?
3. which ideas does this idea nurtures?
example keywords: answer, because, compares, components, conclusion, consists, contributes, example, illustrates, impact, implemented, instances, leads to, nurtures, such as
### South - where does this idea come from?
1. what are it's origins?
2. what group/category does it belongs to?
3. what exists in an order of magnitude higher?
4. Inception - what has lead to this?
5. What beliefs does it support?
6. What are the parent domains?
example keywords: applies, background, based on, by, author, category, developed by, example of, extends, from, implements, inception, inspiration, instance of, member of, mentioned by, origin, parent, part of, refines, source, subtopic of, summarized by
### West - What competes with this idea?
1. What is the opposite of this idea?
2. what is missing from the idea?
3. what could supercharge this idea?
4. what could transform this idea?
example keywords: attacks, challenges, contradicts, cons, denies, disadvantages, disproves, goes against, missing, opposes, undermines, weakens, supercharges, transforms
### East - What are similar/supporting ideas?
1. Other disciplines where is the idea is already present
2. could be applied to...
3. what are other ways to express do this idea?
example keywords: aka, alternative, analogous to, applicable to, mentioned, mentions, referenced, references, related, pros, relevant to, reminds, see also, similar, supported, supports, variant.
## Visual
![[The Idea Compass.png]]
## Overview
🔼Topic:: [[Note taking (MOC)]]
◀Origin:: [[Zsolt's Visual Personal Knowledge Management]]
🔗Link:: https://www.youtube.com/embed/7rnsULzez-g
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