Topic: Lateral Thinking
solving problems through an indirect and creative approach
types of thinking tools
- idea generating tools
- to break current thinking patterns
- focus tools
- to broaden where to search for ideas
- harvest tools
- to receive more output from idea generation
- treatment tools
- to consider real-world constraints, resources, etc
idea generating tools
Random entry
- a thinker chooses an object at random
- eg. an entry from a dictionary
- and tries to link it to the current problem
Provocation
- provocation techniques
- wishful thinking
- exaggerating
- reversal
- the thinker makes a list of provocations
- then uses the most outlandish ones
- to move thinking forward
Challenge
- “why?”
- answer leads to fresh ideas
- goal: be able to challenge absolutely everything
Concept fan
- expand the range and number of concepts
- end up with a very broad range of ideas to consider
Disproving
- “majority is always wrong”
- take the opposite view, try to disprove it
6 thinking hats of de Bono
further reading
- De Bono Edward, “Lateral thinking: creativity step by step”, http://books.google.com/books?id=H-ROAAAAMAAJ
- De Bono Edward, “Po: Beyond Yes and No”
- De Bono Edward, “Serious creativity: using the power of lateral thinking to create new ideas”, http://books.google.com/books?id=NbB9AAAAMAAJ
Ссылки
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking