how do you come up with new ideas

Question: how do you come up with new ideas
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Asked by em to Michael, John on 20 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by Tilly Dixon.
- John Allport answered on 20 Jun 2016:
  
  I don’t generally use any fixed method for coming up with new ideas, although there is a method called TRIZ which is pretty good for this. I spend a lot of time thinking about things in strange places, like waiting for a bus or in the supermarket. Sometimes things just click into place, or something triggers a thought that is the answer to what you have been struggling with. It can be a case of the answer coming to you once you actually stop thinking about the problem.

Question: how do you come up with new ideas