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Business success depends on creative thinking. Creative thinking and problem-solving have great significance in the design process to turn ideas into innovation and break the obstacles against creativity. Innovation not only means invention but also refers to improving the existing process by adding new ideas that have been never applied in the industry.<\/p>\n

One of the successful techniques used in innovative thinking is the SCAMPER technique. At its core SCAMPER is an easy to implement creative thinking and problem-solving method that eases continuous improvement. Instead of creating something entirely new, innovation suggests remodelling existing mechanisms with proper modifications and value additions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

SCAMPER is considered one of the simple and most influential methods. The SCAMPER technique is based very simply on the idea that what is new is in fact an alteration of existing old things around us. Nothing can create from the vacuum.<\/p>\n

All existing things are derived as a modified unit of existing materials. Even the thought of yours is not really yours. You have got it from your ancestors and made a modified version. Similarly, each and every material and non-material thing and culture is the product of a prolonged historical evolution. So, SCAMPER is a framework that shows the innovation in existing process or designs will lead to something new.<\/p>\n

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What is SCAMPER?<\/h2>\n

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SCAMPER is an acronym for Seven Techniques \u2013 substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to another use,<\/strong> eliminate<\/strong> and reverse<\/strong>. So SCAMPER is a group of these many techniques and you can choose to use one or all of the seven methods to find solutions to your problems. These keywords signify the essential questions addressed during the creative thinking meeting.<\/p>\n

The SCAMPER technique is very analogous to Design Thinking<\/a><\/span> in that both these concepts aim to find solutions to problems. However, Design Thinking places the human factor at the nucleus and its goal is to find inventive ways to solve problems. The SCAMPER method is more focused on the process of finding strange and creative solutions to problems, but also to come up with advanced ideas, and the goal of improving a product\/service.<\/p>\n

The scamper technique doesn\u2019t insist you create a sequential flow using the 7 techniques. In other words, you can use any of the techniques from this collection that have seemed more suitable for your problem-solving.\u00a0 So, this is not a step by step method, you can pick one technique by jumping over and implement it to solve your problems. The seven SCAMPER techniques include the following:<\/p>\n

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Substitute<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Substitution is the process of replacing something with another thing. It is all about replacing something, instead of the default. Find a part of your idea, product, service or process etc. that you could substitute with another to see whether it will result in improvements, such as efficiency gains. You can analyze your problem areas while creating questions such as:<\/p>\n