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Can You Solve this Puzzle?
Can You Solve this Puzzle?
So What is Lateral Thinking???
• Lateral thinking is a term coined by Edward de Bono, a Maltese psychologist, physician, and writer in the year 1967
• de Bono defines Lateral Thinking as methods
of thinking concerned with changing concepts and perception.
many problems require a different perspective to solve successfully
Edward de Bono
Lateral Thinking
When in a situation when your shoes are
not quite clean, put your sock on your
hand and apply a bit of spit and polish to
shoe with sock..!!
Lateral Thinking
Types of Thinking Tools
• Break the Status Quo
• Search for New Ideas
• Face the Reality• Receive more
value from Idea Generation
Idea Generating
ToolsFocus Tools
Treatment Tools
Harvest Tools
Idea Generating Tools
1. Random Entry Idea Generating Tool- The thinker chooses an object at random, or
a noun from a dictionary, and associates it with the area they are thinking about.
Idea Generating Tools
2. Provocation Entry Idea Generating Tool- The use any of the provocation techniques—
wishful thinking, exaggeration, reversal, escape, distortion, or arising. The thinker creates a list of provocations and then uses the most outlandish ones to move their thinking forward to new ideas.
Idea Generating Tools
3. Movement Techniques- The thinker develops provocation operations
by the following methods: extract a principle, focus on the difference, moment to moment, positive aspects, special circumstances.
Idea Generating Tools
4. Challenge Idea Generating Tool
Ask
Idea Generating Tools
5. Concept Fan Idea Generating Tool- Ideas carry out concepts. This tool
systematically expands the range and number of concepts in order to end up with a very broad range of ideas to consider.
Idea Generating Tools
6. Disproving- Based on the idea that the majority is always
wrong, take anything that is obvious and generally accepted as "goes without saying", question it, take an opposite view, and try to convincingly disprove it. This technique is similar to de Bono's "Black Hat" of the Six Thinking Hats, which looks at the ways in which something will not work.
Lateral Thinking and Problem Solving
Problem Solving
Lateral Thinking and Problem Solving
Creative Problem Solving
Lateral Thinking and Problem Solving
Creative Problem Identification
Lateral Thinking and Problem Solving
Lateral Problem Solving
Six Thinking Hats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHl6X740OsU
Case Study: Motorola
An Envelope
What starts with an ‘E’ and ends with an ‘E’ but usually only contains one letter?
More Puzzles!!!
Tug of War
More Puzzles!!!
In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards?
More Puzzles!!!
You are running a race. You overtake the second person, what position are you in?
Complements…!!