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Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Val Sanford — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:29:19 -0000

Thanks. Great article. As a product manager, I am always struggling against my own, and the teams, thanking about our products and markets. Getting out of our own way is hard, but necessary.

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Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Val Sanford — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:29:19 -0000

Thanks. Great article. As a product manager, I am always struggling against my own, and the teams, thanking about our products and markets. Getting out of our own way is hard, but necessary.

<abbr>Val Sanford’s last blog post..Twittermaven: Twitter helps Alaska Airlines to go North of Expected</abbr>

Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Rotkapchen — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:31:55 -0000

As a general point of reference, I keep all of my online references for Design Thinking here: http://delicious.com/iknova...

You'll also see some Visual Thinking references sprinkled in. This is a key mechanism for creating critical artifacts of agreements in the process, e.g. a 'map' of what 'we' all currently agree to -- which is in constant flux. It serves as an 'explicit' placeholder so all can consider and comment.

<abbr>Rotkapchen’s last blog post..What will happen when your local TV Station & Newspaper are Gone?</abbr>

Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Rotkapchen — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:31:55 -0000

As a general point of reference, I keep all of my online references for Design Thinking here: http://delicious.com/iknova...

<abbr>Rotkapchen’s last blog post..What will happen when your local TV Station & Newspaper are Gone?</abbr>

Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Eric D. Brown — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:44:56 -0000

Hi Janette - Thanks for stopping by.

I haven't read any of De Bono's stuff but I plan to. I'm extremely interested in this subject but also try to keep a realistic view on things as well.

Do you recommend any other books or authors on the subject?

Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Janette Toral — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:31:15 -0000

Hi Eric. Great post here. I agree with you that creative persons should tap and explore as many thinking styles and not limit themselves to one method, such as lateral thinking. In the case of Edward De Bono, based on what I've tried so far, he suggested a lot of ways to go about this where lateral thinking is just one of them.

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Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Eric D. Brown — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:44:56 -0000

Hi Janette - Thanks for stopping by.

I haven't read any of De Bono's stuff but I plan to. I'm extremely interested in this subject but also try to keep a realistic view on things as well.

Do you recommend any other books or authors on the subject?

Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Janette Toral — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:31:15 -0000

<abbr>Janette Toral’s last blog post..Change Maker - 7 Tools for Transformation</abbr>

Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Eric D. Brown — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:51:18 -0000

Paula - Thanks for stopping by.

Design Thinking is a great concept...thanks for sharing.

Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Rotkapchen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:20:11 -0000

Blew right over the most significant: Design Thinking -- leveraging deductive, inductive, abductive.

I recently identified a related distinction, paring interpretation (connecting the dots) with interpolation (crossing the chasms -- finding the unlikely associations).

<abbr>Rotkapchen’s last blog post..How Social Networking Helps Service Orientation</abbr>

Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Eric D. Brown — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:51:18 -0000

Paula - Thanks for stopping by.

Design Thinking is a great concept...thanks for sharing.

Re: Creative Thinking or Lateral Thinking?

Rotkapchen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:20:11 -0000

Blew right over the most significant: Design Thinking -- leveraging deductive, inductive, abductive.

I recently identified a related distinction, paring interpretation (connecting the dots) with interpolation (crossing the chasms -- finding the unlikely associations).

<abbr>Rotkapchen’s last blog post..How Social Networking Helps Service Orientation</abbr>