ideas, and how to develop them

ideas are cool. I like thinking about them.

first what makes an idea by itself valuable

• (following the scientific method) it being more stress tested increases the likelihood assumptions are right in the context (so fewer detrimental unknown unknowns)
• it being more applicable (specific , feasible) & required (high-return on use, urgent)
• being novel & contrarian (meaning scarcity, which becomes a positive with commodification)

(right timing is implied by "urgent" from a needs perspective, and "feasible" from deliver)

but you also have to bring them in a format where others can follow (both to apply and to develop it).

as in all things delivery, we build on the previous aspects but include the factor of perception

• easy to understand (pleasant level of complexity in logical structure - sensible assumption about required knowledge)
• bigger appeal (showing the need of the idea to someone not experiencing the problem - spark imagination about returns in several application)

(this is excluding some factors, that are required for memetic engineering)

for all cases you will reach a local maxima, if all you do is try to adhere to them while writing.

you will need to stress-test them, by putting it in front of eyes, that

• has high standards for the said properties
• has a different set of views, introducing new angles
• has enough domain knowledge to evaluate assumptions / conclusions you are taking
• is rigorous about pointing out flaws and are good at expressing them clearly

ideally you turn this person into a feedback-loop which stress-tests it in application.

I'm engineering a way to create the optimal "idea development chamber", stay tuned.