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How to challenge assumptions
How to generate new ideas
How to break out of traditional thinking patterns
Vertical thinking vs lateral thinking
- Vertical thinking is the traditional type of thinking where one moves forward by sequential steps and where each step must be justified.
- Lateral thinking is the process of generating new ideas. It teaches you how to look at a problem from a different angle and challenge your thinking patterns to produce better ways of solving a problem.
- Vertical thinking is very useful for analysing facts, numbers and data. Lateral thinking is useful to solve unique problems that require innovative thinking.
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The need for lateral thinking
In the past, there was an exclusive emphasis on vertical thinking (logic or mathematics). Vertical thinking is linear, logical and produce the final solution from a series of accurate statements.
Vertical thinking is useful, but sometimes we need to think outside t...
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Brainstorming and the reversal method
Brainstorming is very effective to solve a problem creatively. Sharing ideas in a constructive environment will likely lead to an innovative solution.
- Share ideas in a non-judgmental manner.
- Highlight the dominating ideas and explore them further.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.
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Train your lateral thinking
- Create alternatives: More choices create better solutions.
- Question your assumptions.
- Quotas: Generate ten ideas a day. The more you do this, the better you will become at it.
- Analogies: Make conn...
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Convergent and divergent thinking
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The value of lateral thinking
Lateral thinking can bear huge dividends in certain parts of a business.
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