ideation
noun
ide·a·tion
ˌī-dē-ˈā-shən 
: the capacity for or the act of forming or entertaining ideas
Local coaches and mentors guide student teams through the process of ideation, market research, and business plan development …—
Maryann Mills
Maryann Mills… the new space offers a smorgasbord of work environments—cozy two-chair-and-a-screen setups for small Zoom gatherings, … and floor-to-ceiling whiteboards in some places for spontaneous ideation …—Chase DiFeliciantonio
see also suicidal ideation
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a product designer who went from ideation to creation quickly
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All in, the process from initial ideation to completion took about three years.
—Juliet Izon, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 June 2024
Building the story of a board game Like a board game itself, developing a game requires both creativity and strategy at every stage — from ideation to playtesting to picking out the components, finding vendors and shipping the game.
Patience, according to Benjamin Teuber, is key.
—Saira Mueller, CNN, 13 June 2024
The latest data, released to coincide with National Mental Health Awareness Month, reaffirm an ongoing trend among young people in the U.S. — rates of suicide risk and ideation, anxiety and depression have remained consistently high over the past six years for young LGBTQ people.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 1 May 2024
Those instructors, using Zoom and our proprietary curriculum, guided students from ideation to discovery to broad business learning to product pitch.
—Jennifer Openshaw, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
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Juliet Izon, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 June 2024
Building the story of a board game Like a board game itself, developing a game requires both creativity and strategy at every stage — from ideation to playtesting to picking out the components, finding vendors and shipping the game.
Patience, according to Benjamin Teuber, is key.
—Saira Mueller, CNN, 13 June 2024
The latest data, released to coincide with National Mental Health Awareness Month, reaffirm an ongoing trend among young people in the U.S. — rates of suicide risk and ideation, anxiety and depression have remained consistently high over the past six years for young LGBTQ people.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 1 May 2024
Those instructors, using Zoom and our proprietary curriculum, guided students from ideation to discovery to broad business learning to product pitch.
—Jennifer Openshaw, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
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ideation
noun
ide·a·tion
ˌīd-ē-ˈā-shən
: the capacity for or the act of forming or entertaining ideas
The spectrum of paranoid ideation goes from mild distrust and suspiciousness to full-blown persecutory delusions.—R. Bianchi and L. Janin, Occupational Medicine
R. Bianchi and L. Janin, Occupational MedicineThe cognitive ability to generate many creative ideas, or creative ideation, is one facet of creativity.—Tammy C. Pannells and Amy F. Claxton, Creativity Research Journal
see also suicidal ideation
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