The ‘what if’ dictionary

“What if” every single person on this planet becomes slightly more creative? Would we have better products and solutions that would augment or get better than solutions that are already available today?

Apparently the most easiest way to get kickstart your creative brain is by asking “what if?” questions!

With an aim to understand how the world gets creative and to lookout for my own most creative self, I have set out on this journey of finding thinking tools that aid in creativity and apply them to my daily life! This time I look at “what if?” questions, for the apps and platforms that I have used and try to think what “what if” question their founders may have asked themselves when they were building them!

What are your “what if?” questions? Come add them to this list! Come let’s build our “what if” dictionary!

AirBnB: What if we could have people let out their homes to unknown strangers?

Amazon: What if everybody could buy virtually anything, while sitting at home and not having to go anywhere?

Blippar: What if you could point your mobile phone camera to any object and get to know more about it?

Blinkist: What if people could read every single book in 15 minutes?

Coursera: What if everybody could learn from top faculty members across the globe without having to attend college and for free?

Google: What if everybody could search for anything on the web?

Google Maps: What if you could navigate your way across any city in the world?

Instagram: What if users could decorate their photos and share it with family and friends across the globe?

Kindle: What if anybody could read books on their mobile phones without having to carry paper based books with them?

LinkedIn: What if we could build a social network for professional networking?

Medium: What if everybody could be an author?

OpenShift: What if everybody could deploy their application without having to worry about infrastructure setup?

Quora: What if you could ask any question about anything on the planet and get answers for it from anybody across the globe?

Skype: What if everybody could make phone calls across the globe for free?

TransferWise: What if you could do a wire transfer sitting at my desk, without having to goto the bank?

Twitter: What if I could share my present status with my friends?

Udacity: What if everybody could learn from top faculty members across the globe without having to attend college and for free?

Uber: What if people with cars could drive passengers to their destination?

Whatsapp: What if you could send text, audio and video messages and make calls across the globe for free?