CREATIVITY GROUP
I've now posted a three-part introduction to the above to those who have
made contact with me. This consists of my adaption of Koestler's
"Bisociation" Hypothesis. From the feedback I've had, my own adaptation is
not a great deal different in principle from others', except that it is
probably more systematic than most. However, if members of this group would
like to introduce their own methods or initiate discussion of what this
group might do next, then the ball is in your court.
ENTERPRISE GROUP
My own use of bisociation in the past has been for the creation of ideas for
new businesses--long before the Internet. However, although I'm very new to
the Internet and am not well-versed in its technical aspects and potential,
I have the feeling that a great deal is going to change when Windows 95
comes on the scene, together with its electronic money transfer method
(Intuit?).
>From what I can gather, a large number of existing commercial firms are
hoping to exploit the Internet to reach out to many more customers. My own
feeling is that they are probably going to be disappointed because I think
the existing users and the new tranche of users that will arrive with
Windows 95, will not be as susceptible as these firms imagine. However, I DO
think that the Internet will prove to be a catalyst for a quite new business
sector--small specialised firms offering expert services cheaply--and new
customer bases (e.g. new communities, alternative schools, LETS schemes,
Third World villages, etc).
I'm beginning to think about offering a daily/weekly catalogue of new
business ideas (created by my method and other similar ones) on the
Internet, charging small fees in order to discourage plagiarism and also to
make them widely available. Perhaps also to maintain a database of those
that are successful together with experiences that have been learned.
If anybody is interested in discussing this further, please make contact.
Keith Hudson,
6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX England
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Thu Dec 07 2000 - 23:22:10 PST