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Björn Granvik, CTO Jayway

Lateral thinking- creativity as a craft

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What's the difference?

Possibility vs. Problem

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Lateral Thinking

Edward de Bono– psychologist, physician and writer

The Use of Lateral Thinking, 1967

"Changing concepts and perception"

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Lateral?

Think outside the box– Shifting thinking patterns– Thinking sideways

How?– Supersmart– Can't stop thinking– Lucky– Insight– ...what about the rest of us?

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Lateral techniques

Random Entry– Choose random word and combine

Provocation– New idea to stimulate– Not necessarily good

Challenge– How things have been done – How things are

...and others

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Craft

Examine each part of idea (or sentence)

Combine words– Micro + your subject– Juxtaposed word + your subject– Adjective and + your subject

Question

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Random Entry: Example

Bad glue and paper

Fish scale and lemonade

Human hair and pastry

Bad ink

Stupid engineer

3M Post-It™ Note

Fanta

gelatine, e.g some pastry

24 hour ink to reuse paper

Clean Room Strategy & PC BIOS

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Provocative: Example 1

"All employees must pay to suggest improvements"

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Provocative: Example 2

"Cars should have square wheels."

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Active Suspension - Soon?

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Why not?

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Challenge

"KHelg should not be a helg"

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The How To

1. Go for the positive!

2. Examine

3. Anything good?Idea use new idea

Only part improve old idea

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Conclusion

Look for the good!

Use techniques to find possibilities

Reap the good

...later find the problems

Constant improvement

Look for the good!

Use techniques to find possibilities

Reap the good

...later find the problems

Constant improvement

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There is a man...

... who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work.

Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half of the distance up riding in the elevator and has to walk the rest of the way up unless it's raining!

How can this be?

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A man passes...

... an open window. A telephone rings. He dies an instant later. If the man had heard the signal a moment earlier, he wouldn't have died.

Why? What has happened?