Lateral thinking practice items
(Optional discussion.)
Thinking tools/frameworks improve thinking skill much more than discussion does. One reason is that in discussion it's very difficult to pay attention to the thinking process rather than the content (because the content is interesting). Also, 'Understanding of the tools will never lead to their use. Use can only come from habit and habit can only come from practice.' (This is all according to de Bono in a post on this site).
Here we can post practice items for lateral thinking that are of the four types mentioned in this other discussion for practice items for the CoRT Thinking tools or for parts of DATT. Practice items for Six Thinking Hats can be found in this yet other discussion.
Random input (technique)
Explanation 1
Explanation 2
Six Thinking Hats practice items
Thinking tools/frameworks improve thinking skill much more than discussion does. One reason is that in discussion it's very difficult to pay attention to the thinking process rather than the content (because the content is interesting). Also, 'Understanding of the tools will never lead to their use. Use can only come from habit and habit can only come from practice.' (This is all according to de Bono in a post on this site).
Here we can post practice items for lateral thinking that are of the four types mentioned in this other discussion for practice items for the CoRT Thinking tools or for parts of DATT. Practice items for Six Thinking Hats can be found in this yet other discussion.
Random input (technique)
Explanation 1
Explanation 2
Practice
CoRT Thinking tools practice itemsSix Thinking Hats practice items
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Permalink Reply by Andy on -
Thanks Rees.
When it's possible, I think it's better to use the following one of de Bono's methods instead, since it gives words that are closer to being random or words that maybe are truly random: Think of a colour and look for the closest object around you with that color. It's almost the same as your method.
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Permalink Reply by Vijay Todi on -
It is certainly great to think "out of patterns" instead of "along the patterns". (This is possible only 2% of the times) But is it enough?
If we can cease to make new patterns and keep erasing the existing ones, it will lead us to GREAT results. In such case, we need not deliberately attempt to escape the patterns through creative thinking tools. We shall be able to think creative in absolutely natural course. Such creative thinking & actions would happen 98% of the times.
To do so, we need to train our subconscious mind. Please visit www.dhamma.com and let me have your views.
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