“ A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. ” Mark Twain
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“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
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Lateral thinking: Play with the possibilities
Trish [email protected]
ACPL Library CampOct. 24, 2012
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Libraries and innovation
• Bilingual storytimes• Online book clubs• Book club kits to-go• The list goes on
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Edward De Bono & Lateral Thinking
De Bono • Rhodes scholar• Author of over 50 books
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Definition of Lateral Thinking
A process that moves your brain from a predictable pattern of thinking into a place where it can generate more ideas.
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Break patterns of thinking
Play with the possibilities
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Vertical thinking
• Be analytical and sequential• Strive to be right • Choose one best idea
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Lateral Thinking
• Generate many options
• Keep looking even after you find possible solutions
• Be willing to be wrong while you let an idea grow
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Useful for
Problem Solving Innovation
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Be aware of thinking that can interfere with creativity
• Dominant ideas• Obvious choices• Polarization with either/or choices
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Challenge assumptions
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Take a creative pause
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Think in reverse
Eg. What are all the ways we could make shelving more inefficient?
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Make a quota on alternatives
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Use randomness
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Try six thinking hats
Gut feelings
Facts
Positive consequences
Negative consequences
Innovative Ideas
Process and Procedure
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Tools for practicing lateral thinking
Lateral Thinking Puzzles Creativity Exercises
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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 by Step. New York, NY: Harper and Row Publishers.
De Bono, E. (1967). New think: The use of lateral thinking in the generation of new ideas. New York, NY: Basic Books.
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De Bono, E. (1992). Serious creativity: using the power 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.
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Play with the possibilities
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