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Lateral Thinking

Lateral Thinking. Developed originally by Edward de Bono – see Blackboard articles. Lateral Thinking. -used to look at things from a new perspective Awareness Alternatives Provocative methods. “Awareness”.

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Lateral Thinking

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  1. Lateral Thinking Developed originally by Edward de Bono – see Blackboard articles

  2. Lateral Thinking . • -used to look at things from a new perspective • Awareness • Alternatives • Provocative methods

  3. “Awareness” • is concerned with assessing current ideas, redefining and clarifying them. They can be examined from the five perspectives of:- • 1) Dominant idea • 2) Tethering factors • 3) Polarising tendencies • 4) Boundaries • 5) Assumptions • Assumption smashing • Assumption reversal

  4. “Alternatives” • ” is concerned with searching for as many different ways of looking at the problem as possible. Different perspectives include:- • Avoidance devices • Rotation of attention • Change of entry point • Quota of alternatives • Concept changing and challenging • Key word omission • Fractionation and bridging divisions

  5. “Provocative methods” • are ideation techniques:- • Random stimulus • Intermediate impossible • Reversals • Distortion and exaggeration • Exposure (force fit)

  6. “Provocative methods” - continued • Cross-fertilisation • Problem-switching • Po • Metaphorical thinking • Analogy • Discontinuity

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