The document discusses solving a puzzle to connect nine points with no more than four straight lines without lifting your writing instrument. It provides tips to not make assumptions, such as that the lines must pass through dot centers, be thin, or stay within the paper edges. Non-traditional solutions are suggested like ripping or creasing the paper to connect all nine points with fewer than four lines.
3. If you do not assume that you cannot extend your
lines beyond the imaginary square formed by the
box the puzzle becomes easier to solve.
4. “Everything
“that can be invented
“has been invented.”
Charles H. Duell
Commissioner of U.S. Office of Patents,
urging President William McKinley
to abolish his office, 1899
5. Don’t assume that the lines must pass
through the center of the dots.
Note see next couple of slides, which are hidden to get history of the problem. The point that this makes is:
Accounting is accounting and the systems that we carry have been doing that for around twenty years, we want
To take accounting to the next level and “think outside the box – using the systems to be proactive an help to
Manage business better – The CEO wants timely information that he/she can use (reports, digital dashboard, OLAP)
Modified from puzzles appearing in:
Pumping Ions, Tom Wujec, Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1988, Page 117
The Art of Creative Thinking, Gerard I. Nierberg, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1982, Page 72
Creative Thinking in the Decision and Management Sciences, James R. Evans, Southwestern, Cincinnati, 1991, Page 49