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This isn't just for innovation, it's for getting things done. I struggled to come up with a name for the Useless Extraneous Suggestions, and then I heard someo
by mathattack 13y ago
This isn't just for innovation, it's for getting things done. I struggled to come up with a name for the Useless Extraneous Suggestions, and then I heard someone call it "Advice from the Idea Fairy." Perhaps it comes from the military? Idea fairies are never around to help get things done, but they toss around ideas without thinking them through. The ideas are usually useless, but still take some time to run down.
This isn't to say all ideas are bad, but there is a lot of "No" that needs to be said to make things happen.
- analog31 13y agoI'm reminded of the old adage: "You can't prove a negative." While I'm not smart enough to know if this statement is philosophically sound, it occurs to me that when you're working on something, the number of possible suggestions is infinite, and conclusively refuting any suggestion is futile. Thus, endless suggestions of the form: "Why don't you try such-and-so?" are counterproductive -- especially when they come from the person who writes your performance review. For suggestions, I have a place where I can politely write them down for future use.