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“ A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. ” Mark Twain

“ A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. ” Mark Twain. “ Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.” Albert Einstein. Lateral thinking: Play with the possibilities. Trish Downey tdowney@acpl.info ACPL Library Camp

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“ A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. ” Mark Twain

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  1. “A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. ” Mark Twain “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.” Albert Einstein

  2. Lateral thinking: Play with the possibilities Trish Downey tdowney@acpl.info ACPL Library Camp Oct. 24, 2012

  3. Libraries and innovation • Bilingual storytimes • Online book clubs • Book club kits to-go • The list goes on

  4. Edward De Bono & Lateral Thinking De Bono • Rhodes scholar • Author of over 50 books

  5. Definition of Lateral Thinking A processthat moves your brain from a predictable pattern of thinking into a place where it can generate more ideas.

  6. Break patterns of thinking Play with the possibilities

  7. Vertical thinking • Be analytical and sequential • Strive to be right • Choose one best idea

  8. Lateral Thinking • Generate many options • Keep looking even after you find possible solutions • Be willing to be wrong while you let an idea grow

  9. Useful for Problem Solving Innovation

  10. Be aware of thinking that can interfere with creativity • Dominant ideas • Obvious choices • Polarization with either/or choices

  11. Challenge assumptions

  12. Take a creative pause

  13. Think in reverse Eg. What are all the ways we could make shelving more inefficient?

  14. Make a quota on alternatives 18 16 40 24

  15. Use randomness

  16. Try six thinking hats Gut feelings Facts Positive consequences Negative consequences Innovative Ideas Process and Procedure

  17. Tools for practicing lateral thinking Lateral Thinking Puzzles Creativity Exercises

  18. Reference List Bronson, P. & Merryman, A. (July 19, 2010). The creativity crisis. Newsweek, 153 (3). Retrieved from Academic Search Premier. De Bono, E. (2008). Creativity workout: 62 exercises to unlock your most creative ideas.Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press. De Bono, E. (1973). Lateral thinking: Creativity Step byStep. New York, NY: Harper and Row Publishers. De Bono, E. (1967). New think: The use oflateral thinking in the generation of new ideas. New York, NY: Basic Books.

  19. De Bono, E. (1992). Serious creativity: using thepower of lateral thinking to create new ideas. New York, NY: HarperBusiness. De Bono, E. (1999). Six thinking hats. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. Harshman, E.J., MacHale, D. & Sloane, P. (2003). Classic lateral thinking puzzles. New York, NY: Main Street. http://www.debonoforbusiness.com/asp/case_studies.asp - This is a commercial site but it does give fairly detailed examples of how businesses have used lateral thinking.

  20. Play with the possibilities

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