20 Chat GPT prompts to brainstorm and find infinite new ideas

20 Chat GPT prompts to brainstorm and find infinite new ideas in every field (copy-paste them):

Whether you’re a new entrepreneur, a seasoned freelancer, or a corporate powerhouse, the ability to brainstorm and produce fresh ideas is critical for growth and success. But, let’s face it, we all experience mental blockages from time to time, when the creative well appears to run dry. This is where chatGPT can help.

Consider having a virtual idea generator available to collaborate on your craziest brainwaves and boost your creativity.

Use this “20 Chat GPT Prompts to Spark Infinite New Ideas”

This collection of chat gpt prompts has been hand-picked to help you overcome creative blockages, develop outside-the-box thinking, and turn your ideas into reality.

1. Brainwriting

Prompt: “Let’s brainstorm ideas for [topic] by writing down as many ideas as you can, then I can build on them with related ideas. Structure your answer using markdown.”

2. Reverse Brainstorming

Prompt: “We will use reverse brainstorming for [topic] – coming up with intentionally bad ideas can spark creativity and lead us in new directions.”

3. Mind Mapping

Prompt: “Please create a complete mind map for [topic] starting with a central concept and expanding outward with connected branches of related ideas.”

4. Assumptions

Prompt: “List your assumptions about [topic]. Then, how can you challenge those assumptions to come up with innovative ideas? Describe your journey.”

5. SWOT Analysis

Prompt: “Let’s do a SWOT analysis on [topic] considering internal strengths/weaknesses and external opportunities/threats. Then write a conclusion to summarize.”

6. SCAMPER

Prompt: “Use the SCAMPER checklist to ideate on [topic]. How can we substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to other uses, eliminate, or reverse? Detail your answers.”

7. Six Thinking Hats

Prompt: “Use the Six Hats method: the red hat is optimistic, the black hat looks at negatives, etc. Ideate on [topic] from different mindset angles.”

8. Worst Possible Idea

Prompt: “Brainstorm intentionally terrible ideas for [topic] to get the creative juices flowing in new directions. Expand on your answers a little, explaining why these ideas are bad.”

9. Trigger Words

Prompt: “Here are some random words: [word1] [word2] [word3]. How might these trigger new ideas related to [topic]?”

10. Questioning

Prompt: “Generate questions about [topic], like who, what, when, where, why, how? Turn the questions into ideas.”

11. Rolestorming

Prompt: “Take on the perspective of a [user, customer, employee] and ideate about [topic] from their point of view. My aim is to find new ways to improve.”

12. Scenarios

Prompt: “Imagine a best case scenario for [topic]: everything goes right. Now imagine a worst case scenario: everything goes wrong. Brainstorm ideas for each.”

13. Analogy Thinking

Prompt: “[Topic] is like what? Identify an analogy, then brainstorm ideas based on properties of the analogy. Explain each idea that follows from this analogy.”

14. Idea Spurring

Prompt: “Build on the following idea related to [topic]: [idea]. What does it make you think of? Use it as a jumping off point for more ideas.”

15. Concept Fan

Prompt: “Here is one idea related to [topic]: [idea]. Fan out from this concept in different directions to generate related ideas. Explain each new idea in a few words.”

16. Evil Genius

Prompt: “Pretend you’re an evil genius plotting against [topic]. How would you undermine it? Reverse engineer your evil plans into constructive ideas.”

17. Random Stimuli

Prompt: “Use this random [object, quote, image, song] as inspiration for new ideas related to [topic]. Make unlikely connections.”

18. Headline Writing

Prompt: “Come up with [number] of creative headlines or slogans related to [topic] – turn them into full ideas.”

19. Brainstorming Journey

Prompt: “Imagine you’re on a journey related to [topic]. Describe where you are, what you see, who you meet, what you’re thinking – let the scenario spark ideas.”

20. Outside Perspectives

Prompt: “Bring in different viewpoints to ideate on [topic] and get new perspectives. Develop these different points of view, explaining succinctly why they are relevant in each case.”

This Article is written by Paul Couvert