Connected-Notepad-Method for idea and innovation finding

A range of creativity techniques supports the process of problem solving and innovation finding. These methods are primarily designed to be performed during the company's internal working time. An exception is the Collective-Note-Book method as an approach for the use of the,effect of leisure': studies show that important ideas arise less during the working hours but more in the context of leisure time. However, the Collective-Note-Book method is characterised by an isolated procedure of an individual during the phase of fmding idea. In this way the,group dynamic effect', which is characterised by the,mutual blow up' of an idea within a creative group session, is not used. The Connected-Notepad-Method, a cyclic approach, presented in this paper adapts the Collective-Note-Book method with respect to the specific requirements in the application of mobile means of communication. Thereby the advantages of the,effect of leisure' and of the,group dynamic effect' can be integrated. The Connected-Notepad-Method cancels out the separation between the developers of the ideas during the phase of finding idea in leisure time.