The title says it all. LifeDev has graciously posted my guest article here. It deals with explicitly looking for the presuppositions that frame how we view a problem or project. It also contains a few examples for you to run through as a lateral thinking training exercise.
Entries Tagged as 'Thinking Operations'
Guest Post on LifeDev: Identify the Dominant Ideas in Your Thinking
May 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Creativity · Thinking Operations
Seeding Ideas with Random Stimulation
May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to idea generation and problem solving is familiarity with our own thought process. A problem, once recognized, evokes a chain of associations drawn from memory, and the strong tendency is to apply a stock solution that worked in the past for a similar situation. The existing ideas or solutions […]
Tags: Creativity · Thinking Operations
Examining Trains of Thought with Flowscapes
March 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Flowscaping is a cognitive mapping technique pioneered by Edward de Bono in the 1990s that never caught on the way some of his trademark techniques and concepts have (Six Thinking Hats, the term “Lateral Thinking”). A flowscape is designed to give the thinker a topographical view of his or her stream of consciousness around an […]
Tags: Creativity · Thinking Operations
