How do you use these Engineer tips in looking for ideas?
Never:  Never use it: 
Try:  Might try it.
Use:  Use it as needed
Tell: Tell it to people who could use it

What would be the last step before the solution?

What resources do you need?

What resources do you have?  Are you using them all?

What are the main parts of the problem?  What parts are most under your control?

If you had to act today, what would you do? 

Genius is a little inspiration and a lot of perspiration.—Thomas A. Edison

Unload your brain.  Make your mark. 

The more experience you have, the less you need the props.

Canvas, paints, palette.  Anyone can have these.  The art is in how you put them together.

An idea is just floats around without a plan.

My best idea was the one I forgot to write down