Develop a Unique Idea Log

A Notable Resource

New insights can be found in unusual places and at surprising times. Notable is a portable tool for creating and catching good ideas in the moment. It is designed to feel good, look great, and encourage multifaceted thinking. Use it to:

• Build habits that help you approach your life and work more creatively
• Creative an environment that supports doing your best work
• Stimulate new thinking around a specific challenge
• Develop your point of view about issues related to creativity

As you compile the ideas that create your unique version of Notable, you create a sourcebook for even more excellent ideas.

A Notable Story

Notable is a spin-off of an idea log created as a gift for friends of COMPIO. After receiving ongoing requests for opportunities to buy additional copies, COMPIO surveyed the original recipients to learn more about how they were using it. Here's a sampling of what they told us:

How do you use it?

• To log ideas for new projects. Also love the quotations.
• To capture, catalogue and generate ideas...something of a creative diary.
• I kept it close by me on my desk, much like a daily calendar. I love the paper texture and design, so I would open it during the day when I felt stuck or uninspired.
• To make notes about my future.
• To generate ideas (especially when in meetings).

How has using it benefited you?

• The act of writing actually helps me to crystallize my thoughts, challenge my assumptions and clarify or generate new ideas.
• I am better organized and can see the continuum of my thoughts.
• It's a cool little book, so it's fun to use, and I think it led me to brainstorm more often than I would have otherwise.
• Keeping all my business ideas and networking info in one place reminds me to stay creative in my thinking.
• Convenient size to carry along so when an idea hits, I don't have to fumble to write it down.
• The graphics and printed words spark different ways of thinking about issues.

What do you like most about it?

• I love great design, and communications pieces that appeal to all or most of my senses. Like the iPod, the idea log is a "transparent" device that enhances my experience of other things. It's tactile, visually-stimulating, and transports me into other areas of my creativity. It's not endpoint, but rather a portal ... .
• The challenge of keeping a log of my ideas. It is a visual and tangible reminder to think outside of the box (or just to think) in a more disciplined and organized way.
• I like the questions to consider, the new perspectives to adopt.
• It is beautifully designed and a nice portable size.

A Notable Impact

We incorporated several great suggestions offered by the original users of the idea log (blank pages, an even smaller size, a more flexible back cover ...) and created an improved version which you can purchase for $22.50 US. As you use this Notable tool, and as you give it to others to use, you're reinforcing a practical, generative habit that has fueled the success of leaders throughout time.