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This group is for documenting real life examples of thinking skill use. Most real life examples are messy and not dramatic. Seeing the examples is very helpful for learners and trainers.
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The Moldy Mattress Problem Solved... I think.
Started by Franis. Last reply by Franis May 22, 2012. 4 Replies 1 Like
Another small example of using de Bono techniques to solve a little problem I was having: A friend gave me a futon mattress that had been in storage too long and went to the trouble of re-building a…Continue
Floods PMI
Started by Danny Stevens. Last reply by Adonis Halaris Jan 13, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I'm sitting in Chapel Hill, Brisbane, Australia, waiting for the water to recede. Thought I would do a PMI on our position here. Plus1. Our house on the Sunshine Coast is neither flooded or damaged2.…Continue
stressing over legal action
Started by Danny Stevens. Last reply by Danny Stevens Oct 12, 2010. 7 Replies 0 Likes
This story is true. Only the facts have been changed to protect the innocent.Two years ago my wife and I partnered with friends to buy, renovate and sell a house.Things did not go well. We sold the…Continue
A focus example
Started by Danny Stevens. Last reply by Danny Stevens Sep 13, 2010. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Edward pointed out long ago that proponents of "problem solving" suggest all you need is the right definition of the problem and the answer is obvious. Edward suggested that that must be true since…Continue
Concert Matinee
Started by Danny Stevens. Last reply by Danny Stevens Sep 2, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I sing with a barbershop chorus, the Sunshine Statesmen. Once a year we have a concert, held in a concert hall in Buderim. We have other guest acts at the evening concert. We used to hold a matinee…Continue
Hole in the Ground
Started by Danny Stevens. Last reply by Kim Jones Aug 28, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Just for fun I thought I would show you a video of Bernard Cribbin's "The Hole In The Ground" and do some general area focus thinking on it.The video is at:…Continue
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Comment by Danny Stevens on October 12, 2010 at 5:48 -
Quite so Graeme!
I think the biggest difficulty for six hats and lateral thinking training is how often they are taught as short "one offs". That leaves people with an idea of what they are but no real skill.
Before Edward started the trainer network I used to teach "An introduction to Lateral Thinking" at a community college over 8 classes. I always considered that merely a beginning.
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Comment by Danny Stevens on September 13, 2010 at 23:07
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@Dobilas That is really very good. I see the participants at least knew what you were aiming for. Edward deBono once showed us that he could introduce the hats in 3 minutes flat for a "cold" group. Naturally we ozzie instructors had to compete with that and came up with a one minute and forty seven second introduction :-)
@Franis That sounds like fun
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Comment by Franis on September 13, 2010 at 12:42 -
Jakov uses the hats in this way - it's seamless. He's been giving a few of us the chance to learn some thinking skills from where he is in Austria with a white board and chat coupled with Skype interface. When it works, it's been fun. It's almost like Amazee with real-time video/Skype and a chat room added in.
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Comment by Danny Stevens on September 13, 2010 at 11:35
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Interesting example Dobilas. I have tried using the hats 'secretly' but it has failed each time, because the others don't know the constraints and expectations I attach to the hats. Especially with red hat thinking I find it goes off the rails very quickly. I'm impressed you managed to pull it off.
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Comment by alan moran on September 5, 2010 at 21:04 -
Kim, enjoyed that example, thanks.
(Hope this link works)
as an aside, sometimes I don't have Ed's creativity book with me, so at a computer I can look up random words using this website:
http://watchout4snakes.com/creativitytools/RandomWord/RandomWord.aspx
At least I find it useful.
Alan
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Comment by Danny Stevens on August 26, 2010 at 0:09
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@adonis, indeed sometimes the pleasure of using the tools can lead you to over do it and bury yourself in ideas and concepts to the point that you find it hard to act. My comment to Avril bellow encompasses that in that an experienced thinker learns sharper focus, and how to let out and reel in as needed to allow maximum operacy.
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Comment by Danny Stevens on August 26, 2010 at 0:05
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@Avril, you are spot on about creatives needing to use the tools..er..less creatively? I am a visual thinker and love singing, drawing, painting and making computer animations. When I learnt the tools it took me a while to learn the discipline that really makes them sing.
Reminds me of the example that Edward gives of an umbrella factory where the workers did a class and started coming up with ideas to keep people dry in the rain that included all sorts of things like building awnings.The only thing missing was improvements on umbrellas because they forgot to use the focus.
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Comment by Asa Jomard on August 25, 2010 at 8:48 -
Kim,
So impressed! Maybe I should try this! You could start teaching this. . .
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Comment by Danny Stevens on August 23, 2010 at 12:21
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@Avril. Thanks. I hope to pass both on.
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Comment by Danny Stevens on August 22, 2010 at 14:35
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I started a new discussion in the discussions area for any further chat about this first example.
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