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

Have you ever been in this kind of situation before?  What did you do then?

How would you have dealt with this situation before?

What part of this problem is really new to you?

Everything is connected to everything.  Creativity is finding connections that fit your goal.

What personal skills are you not using? 

The way to have a good idea is to get a lot of ideas to choose from.

What fictional situations have you seen like this one?

Similarity can take you to novelty, unless someone else gets there first.

Everything has been thought of before.  The problem is thinking of it when you need it.

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

You can gather your thoughts quickly if you are thoughtless.

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

Incubation is too good to leave to the chickens.