The seven steps to ideation are: 1. Unconsciously generate ideas. 2. Get the feeling that something isn't normal. 3. Suspect you may have generated an idea. 4. Talk yourself out of the idea due to its unlikely nature. 5. Recognize the feeling of a new idea persists. 6. Look around for another person who came up with the idea. 7. Realize you generated the idea alone.

1. THE SEVEN STEPS TO IDEATION
BY
The World Wide Web Brain Trust (see links)
Choreography: John Robbins & Narration: Dan Spurgin

2. WIKIPEDIA
Ideation is an emerging buzzword (c. 2007) representing the creative
process of generating, developing, and communicating new ideas, where
an idea is understood as a basic element of thought that can be either
visual, concrete, or abstract[1]. As such, it is an essential part of the
design process, both in education and practice[2].

3. STEP 1 Image Link
Unconsciously generate ideas

4. STEP 2
Get the feeling that something that isn’t normal

5. STEP 3 Image Link
Suspect that you might have generated idea

6. STEP 4 Image Link
Talk yourself out of this possibility due to it’s unlikely nature

7. STEP 5
Recognize that the feeling of having a new idea persists

8. STEP 6
Look around room for other person who must have come up
with idea and put it in your head

9. STEP 7
Realize you are alone - that you indeed did produce idea...

10. STEP 7 CONTINUED...
NOW, we enter the next seven steps of catholic guilt that
amounts to covering up your new dirty secret.

11. STEP 7
OR, See cat in room and blame on cat.

12. AS MIKEHENRYSR SAYS
“It’s Simple, Make a Decision << ideation blog by @bspearson
http://bit.ly/csXFdr - Easier said than done!”

13. REMEMBER
DO something... DO anything... Just DO SOMETHING
because to decide a course of action is about the same as
ending the inactivity time of worrying and going ahead and
doing something.