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Left Brain Traits
Language, logic, and details
Original:
Something that is said to be new
Edison technique
Technique that solves by inventing new alternatives
Benchmarking:
One hospital compares their practices to a hospital considered to be the best
Pattern Correlation:
A process when you see a misspelled word but you still understand the meaning of the word
Two Parts of Memory:
storage and recall
Assumption reversal
Recognize the limitation of solution
Insight
Ability to look a complex problem and see through the maze
Multi-disciplinary effort
Organization identifies a complex problem, problem is divided into parts. Four possible solutions
Innovation:
Process of taking a creation and turning it into something that has significant value or is profitable
Creation
Something original that has value
Analogy:
Developing alternatives, comparing two things that are dissimilar
Ingenuity:
Ability to devise methods to make work easier, faster, or better
Creativity
Expression of uniqueness and process of generating something new
Squeeze and stretch method
Stretch: An attempt to discover the scope of problem
Squeeze: Find its basic components
Contrast association
Develop dissimilarities (Black / White)
Natural creativity
is in the pre-school years
Perceptual
Road block to creativity, prevents seeing the obvious
Direct analogies:
Facts or knowledge from field is used to solve problems in another field
Attribute listing:
Technique which attacks problem by listing various characteristics then thinking of ways to improve each characteristic
Biggest barrier to creativity:
Expertitis
Innovation
Process of creating something new
Onion model:
Ideas cluster around focus of topic
Music
Puts analytical side of brain to sleep; intuitive side of function
Camelot:
Process in problem identification with idealized situation, comparing real situation to ideal situation