Lateral Thinking

The brains power is in forming patterns
and sticking to these patterns

Lateral thinking is about reasoning that is not immediately obvious

a term coined by Edward de Bono

methods of thinking concerned with changing concepts and perception

The Six Thinking Hats

Black Hat

Yellow Hat

Red Hat

Green Hat

White Hat

Blue Hat

the information you have

what you can learn from it

focus on the data available

intuition, gut reaction, and emotion

look at all the bad point fo the decision

think positively

creativity

process control

Creative problem solving styles

ideator

developer

collector

implementer

clarifier