20 ChatGPT Prompts To Generate Endless Fresh Ideas

November 13, 2023

Great brainstorming prompts and ideas. That's a pretty versatile list to spark ideas! Each prompt offers a unique approach to ideation. valuable insights for you.

1. BRAINWRITING

Prompt: "Let's brainstorm ideas for [topic] by writing down as many ideas as you can, then I can build on them with related ideas. Structure your answer using markdown."

2. REVERSE BRAINSTORMING

Prompt: "We will use reverse brainstorming for [topic] - coming up with intentionally bad ideas can spark creativity and lead us in new directions.”

3. MIND MAPPING

Prompt: "Please create a complete mind map for [topic] starting with a central concept and expanding outward with connected branches of related ideas."

4. ASSUMPTIONS

Prompt: "List your assumptions about [topic). Then, how can you challenge those assumptions to come up with innovative ideas? Describe your journey."

5. SWOT ANALYSIS

Prompt: "Let's do a SWOT analysis on [topic] considering internal strengths/weaknesses and external opportunities/ threats. Then write a conclusion to summarize."

6. SCAMPER

Prompt: "Use the SCAMPER checklist to ideate on [topic). How can we substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to other uses, eliminate, or reverse? Detail your answers."

7. SIX THINKING HATS

Prompt: "Use the Six Hats method: the red hat is optimistic, the black hat looks at negatives, etc.

Ideate on [topic] from different mindset angles."

8. WORST POSSIBLE IDEA

Prompt: "Brainstorm intentionally terrible ideas for [topic] to get the creative juices flowing in new directions. Expand on your answers a little, explaining why these ideas are bad."

9. TRIGGER WORDS

Prompt: "Here are some random words: [word1] [word2] [word3]. How might these trigger new ideas related to [topic]?"

10. QUESTIONING

Prompt: "Generate questions about [topic], like who, what, when, where, why, how? Turn the questions into ideas."

11. ROLESTORMING

Prompt: "Take on the perspective of a [user, customer, employee| and ideate about [topic] from their point of view. My aim is to find new ways to improve."

12. SCENARIOS

Prompt: "Imagine a best case scenario for [topic]: everything goes right. Now imagine a worst case scenario: everything goes wrong. Brainstorm ideas for each."

13. ANALOGY THINKING

Prompt: "[Topic] is like what? Identify an analogy, then brainstorm ideas based on properties of the analogy. Explain each idea that follows from this analogy."

14. IDEA SPURRING

Prompt: "Build on the following idea related to [topic]: [idea]. What does it make you think of? Use it as a jumping off point for more ideas."

15. CONCEPT FAN

Prompt: "Here is one idea related to [topic]: [idea].

Fan out from this concept in different directions to generate related ideas. Explain each new idea in a few words."

16. EVIL GENIUS

Prompt: "Pretend you're an evil genius plotting against [topic]. How would you undermine it?

Reverse engineer your evil plans into constructive ideas."

17. RANDOM STIMULI

Prompt: "Use this random [object, quote, image, song] as inspiration for new ideas related to [topic]. Make unlikely connections."

18. HEADLINE WRITING

Prompt: "Come up with [number] of creative headlines or slogans related to [topic] - turn them into full ideas."

19. BRAINSTORMING JOURNEY

Prompt: "Imagine you're on a journey related to [topic]. Describe where you are, what you see, who you meet, what you're thinking - let the scenario spark ideas."

20. OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVES

Prompt: "Bring in different viewpoints to ideate on [topic] and get new perspectives. Develop these different points of view, explaining succinctly why they are relevant in each case."