When presenting ideas, help decision makers get past their myopia. It's easy for clients to say no to an idea right in front of them. But if they can visualize your idea's future value, they'll have an easier time saying yes.

Sometimes we just need to put down our phones, close our eyes and take a few deep breaths. Ideas are often in flight patterns around our brains, just waiting for clearance to land.

The best idea tools are pen, paper and imagination.

Bold ideas are often called nonsense until they make sense to the masses. That's why it's important to present ideas, even when we fear they might be called stupid or silly. What they laugh at today, may be what they laud tomorrow.

Creativity is a natural resource. It comes as standard equipment with being human. But our creativity becomes dull and nonresponsive without constant care and feeding.

Countless great ideas are at this moment gathering dust in files and boxes simply because their owners didn't stick with them.

Watch what you say to yourself and to others when brainstorming ideas. Wrong words at the wrong time bring ideas to a screeching halt.

Idea generation is about quantity, not quality. Multiplication, not subtraction. Editing comes later. The goal of brainstorming is to walk out with buckets of ideas, not one precious idea perched on a pillow.

When brainstorming encourage wild and crazy ideas. Nonsense often leads to ideas that make perfect sense.