Assume your organization wants to generate ideas to improve a astebasket. The wastebasket might “say” the following: “I’m sick and tired of being emptied so often. The food and cigarette ashes smell terrible. I also hate it when people bang me around and leave marks on my outside.
It really irritates me when people knock me over and my insides spill out all
over the carpet. I just hate all the messes. And they’re not even my fault.
“There is one nice thing about being a wastebasket. I just love it when some
hotshot tries to impress his friends by throwing a paper wad in me from across the room. If the paper wad hits my rim, I sometimes can jiggle a little and knock it to the floor. This makes the hotshot look so foolish!”
This diatribe might spark the following ideas for improving a wastebasket:
• Abuilt-in trash compactor
• Acontinuous roll of plastic lining that can be removed easily every time the
wastebasket is emptied
• Abuilt-in slot for a fragrance dispenser
• Suction cups, clamps, or Velcro® for attaching the wastebasket to the floor or a desk to prevent accidental spills
• Abasketball-type net that can be raised above the rim for practicing paper wad shots
Taken From : Pfeiffer 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity
