Disruptive Thinking
Boaz Bernstein, AVID
RIM 2017
A way of thinking that
results in imaginative,
unrestricted and
unexpected solutions
‘Breaking routine thinking for a fresh perspective’
Why do we
need
Disruptive
Thinking?
The defeat of habit by creativity
New Skill
Inside the Box we are safe
Inside the Box comfortable
Inside the Box we get Lazzzzy
Outside the Box we are exposed
Outside the Box we can fail
Outside the Box we are ……
Creative, Innovative, Inspired
Motivated, Lateral thinkers,
Divergent, visual, productive,
Free flowing ideas, no judgment
Where is the Box?
Convergent =
systematic logic
Divergent = free
flowing ideas
I need you to come
up with a new idea !!
Memories
Experience
Knowledge
Habits – Done this
Before
Visualization
Associations
Imagination
Time for an Experiment
Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer,
Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line
More than once
Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer,
Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line
More than once
Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer,
Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line
More than once
Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer,
Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line
More than once
The creative mind solutionThe creative mind solution
Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer,
Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line
More than once
Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer,
Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line
More than once
The child solutionThe child solution
Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer,
Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line
More than once
Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer,
Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line
More than once
Age
Creativity
Creativity falls as we age !!!
Strengthen creative abilitiesStrengthen creative abilities
Useful tricks to improve Ur ThinkingUseful tricks to improve Ur Thinking
How to gain more originality?????
• Break away from traditional patterns of thought
• Look at a situation from different perspectives
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New Perspectives
Lateral Thinking Edward De Bono
Topic: Organic Agriculture Production
Harvesting
Profits
Crop rotation
Quality
Manure
Packaging
Price
Refrigeration
Labor
Markets
Pathogens
Composting
Bio-control
Consumers
Labeling
Grading
Microorganisms
Dockage
Risk
Transportation
Example:
Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:
Brainstorming and Mind Maps
What comes to mind when you think of
Organic Agriculture production ?
The brainstorming session will end up
with some creative ideas.
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Example:
Production
Divide into sub-topics
to organize your thoughts
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Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:
Brainstorming and Mind Maps
Topic: Organic Agriculture Production
Harvesting
Profits
Crop rotation
Quality
Manure
Packaging
Price
Refrigeration
Labor
Markets
Pathogens
Composting
Bio-control
Consumers
Labeling
Grading
Microorganisms
Dockage
Risk
Transportation
Markets
Example: Divide into sub-topics to organize
your thoughts
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Topic: Organic Agriculture Production
Harvesting
Profits
Crop rotation
Quality
Manure
Packaging
Price
Refrigeration
Labor
Markets
Pathogens
Composting
Bio-control
Consumers
Labeling
Grading
Microorganisms
Dockage
Risk
Transportation
Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:
Brainstorming and Mind Maps
Production
Example:
Transportation
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Divide into sub-topics to organize
your thoughts
Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:
Brainstorming and Mind Maps
Topic: Organic Agriculture Production
Harvesting
Profits
Crop rotation
Quality
Manure
Packaging
Price
Refrigeration
Labor
Markets
Pathogens
Composting
Bio-control
Consumers
Labeling
Grading
Microorganisms
Dockage
Risk
Transportation
MarketsProduction
Organic Agriculture
Production
Production
Market Transport
Manure
labor
Harvest
Profits
Price
quality
Consumers
Risk
Sorting
Cleaning
Grading
Packaging
Dockage
Damage
Example:
Helps to narrow down
your scope of thinking
& focus on the relevant
aspects
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Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:
Brainstorming and Mind Maps
We may fear…
•making mistakes
•looking foolish
•being criticized
•being alone
•being outcast
•disturbing tradition
•left brain dominance
•incompatible objectives
•hostility
Blocks to Disruptive Thinking
Make connections Be curious
Lets open a restaurant
that doesn’t serve food
Take Aways
Why should we use Disruptive Thinking?
Helps foster new ideas and motivation.
Generate many solutions to solve problem
It will challenge the cult of ‘the right answer’
Develop divergence and new perspective
‘A habit will always
remain a habit unless
defeated by creative
thinking’

Disruptive thinking

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    A way ofthinking that results in imaginative, unrestricted and unexpected solutions ‘Breaking routine thinking for a fresh perspective’
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    Why do we need Disruptive Thinking? Thedefeat of habit by creativity
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    Inside the Boxwe are safe Inside the Box comfortable Inside the Box we get Lazzzzy Outside the Box we are exposed Outside the Box we can fail Outside the Box we are …… Creative, Innovative, Inspired Motivated, Lateral thinkers, Divergent, visual, productive, Free flowing ideas, no judgment
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    I need youto come up with a new idea !! Memories Experience Knowledge Habits – Done this Before Visualization Associations Imagination
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    Time for anExperiment
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    Please link all9 dots using four straight lines or fewer, Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line More than once Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer, Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line More than once
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    Please link all9 dots using four straight lines or fewer, Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line More than once Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer, Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line More than once
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    The creative mindsolutionThe creative mind solution Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer, Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line More than once Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer, Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line More than once
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    The child solutionThechild solution Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer, Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line More than once Please link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer, Without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line More than once
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    Strengthen creative abilitiesStrengthencreative abilities Useful tricks to improve Ur ThinkingUseful tricks to improve Ur Thinking How to gain more originality????? • Break away from traditional patterns of thought • Look at a situation from different perspectives 24
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    Topic: Organic AgricultureProduction Harvesting Profits Crop rotation Quality Manure Packaging Price Refrigeration Labor Markets Pathogens Composting Bio-control Consumers Labeling Grading Microorganisms Dockage Risk Transportation Example: Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:Tools to encourage disruptive thinking: Brainstorming and Mind Maps What comes to mind when you think of Organic Agriculture production ? The brainstorming session will end up with some creative ideas. 27
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    Example: Production Divide into sub-topics toorganize your thoughts 28 Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:Tools to encourage disruptive thinking: Brainstorming and Mind Maps Topic: Organic Agriculture Production Harvesting Profits Crop rotation Quality Manure Packaging Price Refrigeration Labor Markets Pathogens Composting Bio-control Consumers Labeling Grading Microorganisms Dockage Risk Transportation
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    Markets Example: Divide intosub-topics to organize your thoughts 29 Topic: Organic Agriculture Production Harvesting Profits Crop rotation Quality Manure Packaging Price Refrigeration Labor Markets Pathogens Composting Bio-control Consumers Labeling Grading Microorganisms Dockage Risk Transportation Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:Tools to encourage disruptive thinking: Brainstorming and Mind Maps Production
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    Example: Transportation 30 Divide into sub-topicsto organize your thoughts Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:Tools to encourage disruptive thinking: Brainstorming and Mind Maps Topic: Organic Agriculture Production Harvesting Profits Crop rotation Quality Manure Packaging Price Refrigeration Labor Markets Pathogens Composting Bio-control Consumers Labeling Grading Microorganisms Dockage Risk Transportation MarketsProduction
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    Organic Agriculture Production Production Market Transport Manure labor Harvest Profits Price quality Consumers Risk Sorting Cleaning Grading Packaging Dockage Damage Example: Helpsto narrow down your scope of thinking & focus on the relevant aspects 31 Tools to encourage disruptive thinking:Tools to encourage disruptive thinking: Brainstorming and Mind Maps
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    We may fear… •makingmistakes •looking foolish •being criticized •being alone •being outcast •disturbing tradition •left brain dominance •incompatible objectives •hostility Blocks to Disruptive Thinking
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    Make connections Becurious Lets open a restaurant that doesn’t serve food
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    Take Aways Why shouldwe use Disruptive Thinking? Helps foster new ideas and motivation. Generate many solutions to solve problem It will challenge the cult of ‘the right answer’ Develop divergence and new perspective
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    ‘A habit willalways remain a habit unless defeated by creative thinking’

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Brief intro’s Hopefully, by the end of the session you will have a few extra strategies that you can easily use in your own subject areas. Mention ppt etc. emailed and post its feedbacks Not setting ourselves up as experts, but as teachers interested in the topic – we want to share some of our thoughts and experiences about what we’ve found effective In the classroom. I have been interested in thinking for a while, for 2 main reasons: Things have changed since I started teaching – we are no longer seen as gatekeepers to knowledge (if we ever were) – now ‘knowledge’ is available with one click. ‘cult of the right answer’. Annie anecdote – our discussions etc. – Her campaign to make changes, inspiring, practical etc. – Many ideas covered here from her – hope for future website etc. Colin to share his interest in the subject. There are 3 main questions Colin and I will explore today:
  • #5 Q2 Because we want to avoid this! Because critical, creative students are intrinsically motivated. Because critical, creative students make critical creative adults. Because critical, creative students continue learning throughout their lives Because Universities and employers want people who can think and adapt to new situations.
  • #12 One minute to fill in as many circles as you can. So, how did you do? How many of you coloured in the whole circle – your strategy being to try to do it faster than anyone else? How did that work for you?
  • #25 We strengthen creative abilities by encouraging the production of new forms
  • #35 Thanks etc. Hope we have answered the 3 questions and given you some ideas to use in your lessons. Please share any thinking strategies that you use on pink post-its, and any comments/suggestions on purple post-its. Also – ESF evaluation form of whole day – please complete before you leave and put in box by the door.