Lateral Thinking

A lateral thinker is a person who thinks creatively and generates new ideas to solve the problems. It is based on creativity and innovation. Lets solve some amazing lateral thinking puzzles RACING CERTAINTY In an international 100-meter spirit race, the athlete who ran 100 meters in the fastest time was not the winner of the race. Why? Hints.... This was a regular 100 meter race run by normal athletes competing to win.                The man who ran the fastest 100 metes crossed the line second.               All competitors were in blocks at the same time and heard the starter's gun.  NO CLAIMS  BONUS A stuntman has to insure himself every time he jumps from a height. He does this and performs the jump, but something goes wrong and he is crippled for life . the insurance company refuses to pay out. Why? Hints... . He did not try to defraud or cheat the insurance c...

Edward De Bono founded a new style of thinking known as Lateral Thinking. This concept has become popular and many people have started to attend the corporate training so that they can poised and have understanding of how to solve the problems in a unique way. It is a creative approach and builds the capacity of the people to think out of the box. Dr Edward De Bono concepts can be easily implemented in the practical lives and are very benefical and easy to follow. He generated this idea so that people can have innovative method to solve the problems and can easily live in the corporate world So, if you want to think laterally, and be like EDWARD DE BONO, you can attend our lateral thinking workshop held in 3 major cities and build an ability to think out of the box. TO BOOK A SEAT for this lateral thinking workshop, click here  genesiseventsindia.in/lateral_thinking/ . For any further details or any queries, call us at 011-41080000 | 41629369.   ...

Lateral Thinking as we all know is an idea generation tool and build on the concept of the creativity and innovation. There is a curiosity among the people to know more about the lateral thinking and wanted to read books relating to it. But they are so preoccupied with the things and don’t have time to gain knowledge. That is why this blog is providing a short review on the lateral thinking book. To comprehend thinking initial, one needs to comprehend the brain as for it. It sees the data it has outside. It takes the data in. It forms the data, in this manner, changing over it into designs. These examples in the end up plainly settled. The mind at that point utilizes these examples to manage circumstances as often as possible. In any case, what happens when one is confronted with another circumstance? That is when Lateral Thinking kicks in. As it were, the point at which the Brain can't tackle a specific issue at to start with, it consequently goes in the System 2 Mode (as ...

Lateral thinking  is the psychological method which is designed to uncover powerful new solutions by modifying your thinking beyond the predictable. It is the ability to deliver unorthodox solutions by analyzing issues creatively and artistically. Lateral thinking involves breaking away from traditional modes of thinking and discarding established patterns and preconceived notions. Lateral thinking techniques provide a deliberate, systematic process that results in innovative thinking. These techniques compel you to merge ideas in ways which you would not normally come across or think about. This combination generates a truly unusual idea for you. Below are seven lateral thinking techniques to help you stimulate creative ideas that can be unique and useful solutions to a problem. Alternatives This technique is about using concepts to breed new and innovative ideas. Concepts are general theories or ways of doing things. By thinking of a variety of ways to implemen...

Let’s test your ability to think creatively through exciting lateral thinking questions: - In a row of trees, a tree is 7th from left end and 14th from right end. How many trees are there in the  row.?     19   20   21   18 Cinderspeller the witch has six mischievous pet cats called Broomstick, Drusilla, Kat, Pumpkin, Theresa and Vanessa. One day one of these naughty cats catches and eats her pet mouse, Hazel. Can you figure out below which cat ate her? -  ? ATE HER Broomstick   Drusilla   Kat   Theresa It is dark in my bedroom and I want to get two socks of the same color from my drawer, which contains 24 red and 24 blue socks. How many socks do I have to take from the drawer to get at least two socks of the same color?   2   3   25   47 Divide 40 by half and add ten. What is the answer?   30   50   90   80 A farmer has 15 cows...

Lateral thinking builds the ability to think out of the box. There are interesting puzzles which will test your creativity ability to think. Q1. QUARTERS A man and his wife are dead. If the man had just one quarter, his wife would have lived. If he had two quarters, he would have lived. If he had three quarters, both the man and his wife would have lived, but his brother would have died. Why? Hint….  The quarters he needed were coins              He drove to a gas station              He had a medical condition Q2. OSKAR Oskar Kokoschka, an Austrian abstract expressionist painter, arrived in England in 1938, after having escaped from the Nazi terror in Europe. Kokoschka was an artist and had never been a politician, yet he blamed himself for the dangerous state that Europe was in, later for the catastrophe of World War II. Why? ...

   Nowadays women are discriminated on the basis of the gender. Stereotypes are still attached with the women which is visible in the corporate world. The percentage of women compared to men in the corporate sector is less. Till now many women are struggling to maintain their identity in the business world. Now to some extend many women have entered the corporate world and are trying to erode the notion of gender biases. They are using lateral thinking tools which is a great help in their journey.  Lateral Thinking is a broader concept and have certain techniques and tools which provides assistance to the women employees. They have acquired leadership skills and problem- solving approach. They have creative ability to think and have innovative ideas to present their products and services in the unique way. Thus, we can conclude that lateral thinking is advantageous tool and helpful in many ways. It is a idea generation tool. If it is used in an eff...

Two groups of engineering students were assigned a similar quest – to design a bicycle rack for a car.  The first group was shown an awfully designed roof rack for bicycles.  They viewed all the issues with the current design and then started working on it to come out with something superior. The second group was not shown the ineffective roof rack; they were simply told to design a really good bicycle rack.  The second group came up with much more unique and effective designs.  The first group focused on the problems with the existing design which compelled them to restrict themselves to their habitual thinking style. The study was carried out by researchers David Jansson and Steven Smith and is mentioned in David Niven’s book, It’s Not About the Shark.  The title of the book refers to the problem which the then unknown director Steven Spielberg had in 1974 while shooting Jaws.  The movie script involved many scenes showing a monster shark but t...

It is a saying that our mind is never at rest. It is working 24 hours. Now let us see how your mind will solve the outstanding lateral thinking puzzles. THE CLEVER  DETECTIVE When the detective arrived at the scene of the crime, he had no idea who the criminal was. He turned to his assistance and said:” We are looking for someone with the initials A & S.” How did he know? Hints - The crime was a robbery It took place at a border crossing The detective saw what was missing THE SILENT ROBBER The manager of a factory was very concerned to learn that valuable copper had gone missing again during the night. The security guards assured him that the security was very tight and no one could have gotten in or out of the factory. What was happening? Hints- The security was very tight with alarms, lights, and guard dogs to deter and detect intruders. The copper that was taken was in the form of balls of wire. The copper was being systemati...

Lateral thinking is complementary to brand marketing. Brand marketing as the name suggests marketing and promotion of the brands through marketing strategies. It includes various attributes such as brand name, brand logo, brand tag line and so on. The main task of the marketer is to make their brand look different from the other brands. In this picture, lateral thinking plays a significant role. The profounder of lateral thinking is Dr Edward De Bono. He invented new style of thought process which help in decision making, creative and innovative thinking, problem solving and so on. It also plays a primary role in the training and development, learning and development and various sectors of the corporate world. It helps corporate to generate new ideas. Brand marketing and lateral thinking go hand in hand. Nowadays, there are various brands available in the market. Consumers have variety of choices of products and services which in turn makes them baffled. The major que...

Lateral thinking is used for generating new creative and innovative ideas. It was devised by Dr Edward De Bono. It invented a new style of thinking which is very useful especially in corporate cultures. This can be proven through an instance. Lets take an fictitious example. A organization named Foodie was dealing with food products and was very reputed and popular. Suddenly they were facing production problem. There were machine rejects(pieces of broken and curly pieces). It was a waste for them. A meeting was held to find the solution to the problem. Many people give different suggestions to the concerned problems but there was no solution. Days passed, then also organization was not able to find a proper answer. Then one day, this company got an instant idea how to reduce waste, for that company used lateral thinking tools and generated a new ideas and used these unwanted machine rejects and converted them into the food products which became a famous brand. Thus we can c...

Creativity is a skill that everybody wants to acquire . You might find it difficult to practice and nurture. This article will help you to boost the creative thinking ability by adapting lateral thinking techniques and tools.  There are certain suggestions which are provided below in the above regard. Lets discuss these:- UTILIZE YOUR 5 SENSES TO ANALYZE THE THINGS AROUND YOU     Try to observe the things around you by using your 5 senses like analyzing the shape, size, color of the  items you see around yourself. TO DEVELOP A NEW IDEA USE DICTIONARY OR BOOKS .  Try to find a word which is related to your problem or your issue and try to create a new idea. COMPARE YOURSELF WITH METAPHORS AND ANALOGIES  You can compare yourself with any natural phenomenon, symbol or object. BRAINSTORMING Think and use any 6 words related to your problem on daily basis and you cannot repeat these words. Always use new words daily. USING...

Nowadays many businesses are engaged in building innovation and finding new ways to create. They are looking for the new type of methods, a tool that could be easily understandable and used in corporate world. Traditional thinking is a very conservative approach. Many corporate houses are searching for the modern techniques for innovation. So a new idea generation tool developed by Dr Edward De Bono known as Lateral Thinking is used. It is a new way of building creativity and innovation skills . Below are certain puzzles mentioned which encourage your ability to think creative or to think "out of the box". There are interesting puzzles on lateral thinking. Lets see how many people get it right:- Q1. On a very dark night , a man was outside walking. When he came around a corner, he saw a building on which were written the words "Drink and Die". What does it mean? Hint... The sign was on a restaurant             There was no evil intent   ...

Dr Edward De Bono is the pioneer of the lateral thinking. He has invented new style of thinking and has challenged the old traditional thinking methods. He is the one who has inspired and motivated the people to think differently. Innovation and technology go hand in hand.  It is important for the employees to think logically and creatively to built a company that is successful for the long term. Lateral thinking is a tool which generate the new visualization, conception, thought process and so on. Lateral thinking approach has become crucial for the corporate cultures to encourage the employees to have distinctive style of thought process and have problem solving approach. Thinking is something which goes on 24*7. It is a continuous process. It has become important to have creative and innovative reflections in the thought process. To have unique style of thinking, just follow the steps of Edward De Bono’s Lateral Thinking tools. To become a lateral thinker ...