#8 Lateral Thinking

Lateral Thinking was pointed out by Edward de Bono, a psychologist, phisician, and writer. Deliberately connected with 'PERCEPTION'.

Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic. -wiki

Lateral thinking_concerned with changing concept and perceptions

_indirect and creative approach

_insight, creativity & humour.

_always to generate alternatives

Basic Nature of Lateral Thinking.

• concerned with changing patterns
• both an attitude and a method of using information

There is other options of lateral thinking;

VERTICAL THINKING (VT)

• a VT is selective, while LT is generative.
• VT only moves only if there is a direction in which to move, LT moves in order to generate a direction.
• VT is analytical, LT is provocative
• VT is sequential, LT can make jumps.
• With VT one uses the negative in order to block off certain pathways. With LT there is no negative.
• With Vt one concentrates and excludes what is irrelevant, with LT one welcomes chance intrusions.
• VT categories, classifications and labels are fixed,LT does not.
• VT follows the most likely paths, LT explores the least likely sometimes
• VT is afinite process, LT is a probabilistic one.