Participated in a training session today with this title with a coach from The Mind Gym.
Covered three main tools:
# Outrageous Opposites
# The Idea Beam
# The Morphological Matrix
*Outrageous Opposites*
* Agree objective
* Brainstorm solutions
* What are the “outrageous opposites” to these?
* Evaluate
*The Idea Beam*
_A very practical application of chunking up and down logical levels_
* Choose an objective
* Brainstorm ideas - classify on the fly as Broad Ideas, Specific Ideas, Actions
* Use questioning to explore up, down, sideways
*The Morphological Matrix*
* Agree objective
* Brainstorm attributes of the solution
* Select best attributes
* Brainstorm options for each attribute
* Select combinations across attributes
* Evaluate
*Recommended Reading*
* The Right Brain Manager
* Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind
* Six Thinking Hats
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Elve, J. E. (Mar 06, 2003). Creativity for Logical Thinkers. Synesthesia. Retrieved Dec 03, 2008 from http://www.synesthesia.co.uk/blog/archives/2003/03/06/creativity-for-logical-thinkers/
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