The document discusses lateral thinking, a creative problem-solving approach developed by Edward de Bono in 1967, emphasizing its indirect methods and tools. It outlines four types of thinking tools, the 'Six Thinking Hats' technique for diverse decision perspectives, and provides examples of lateral thinking puzzles. The conclusion highlights the distinction between lateral and critical thinking, asserting that lateral thinking focuses on generating new ideas rather than judging existing ones.

1. LATERAL THINKING

2. GroupMembers
• Monil Gala-174
• Riya Jain-183
• Viral Kothari-189
• Nishant Sangani-1010
• Helly Shah-1019
• Zil Shah-1026
• Hitesh Solanki-1033

3. Agenda
• What is lateral thinking?
• Methods of lateral thinking
• 4 types of thinking tool
• Lateral thinking and problem solving
• Six thinking hats
• Lateral thinking puzzles
• Conclusion

4. What is Lateral Thinking?
• Lateral Thinking is solving problems through an
indirect and creative approach.
• The term was coined in1967 by Edward de Bono.
• Lateral thinking is for changing concepts and
perceptions.
• Lateral thinking, is the ability to think creatively.

5. Methods of Lateral Thinking
• Random Entry Idea Generating Tool
• Provocation Idea Generating Tool
• Movement Techniques
• Challenge Idea Generating Tool
• Concept Fan Idea Generating Tool
• Disproving

6. 4 Types Of Thinking Tool
• Idea generating tools that are designed to break
current thinking patterns—routine patterns.
• Focus tools that are designed to broaden where to
search for new ideas
• Harvest tools that are designed to ensure more value is
received from idea generating output
• Treatment tools that are designed to consider real-
world constraints, resources, and support

7. Lateral Thinking& Problem Solving
• Problem Solving: The objective is to get the
situation to where it should be
• Creative Problem Solving: Using creativity, one must
solve a problem in an indirect and unconventional
manner.
• Creative Problem Identification: Many of the
greatest non-technological innovations are identified
while realizing an improved process or design in
everyday objects and tasks either by accidental
chance or by studying and documenting real world
experience.

8. Six Thinking Hats
• Six Thinking Hats' is an important and powerful
technique.
• It is used to look at decisions from a number of
important perspectives.
• This forces you to move outside your habitual
thinking style, and helps you to get a more rounded
view of a situation
• Each 'Thinking Hat' is a different style of thinking.
These are explained below:

9. •White Hat: With this thinking hat you focus on the
data available. Look at the information you have, and
see what you can learn from it.
•Red Hat: 'Wearing' the red hat, you look at
problems using intuition, gut reaction, and emotion.
Also try to think how other people will react
emotionally..
•Black Hat: Using black hat thinking, look at all the
bad points of the decision. Look at it cautiously and
defensively. Try to see why it might not work. This is
important because it highlights the weak points in a
plan. Black Hat thinking helps to make your plans
'tougher' and more resilient.

10. • Yellow Hat: The yellow hat helps you to think
positively. Yellow Hat thinking helps you to keep
going when everything looks gloomy and difficult.
• Green Hat: The Green Hat stands for creativity. This is
where you can develop creative solutions to a
problem. It is a freewheeling way of thinking, in which
there is little criticism of ideas.
• Blue Hat: The Blue Hat stands for process control.
This is the hat worn by people chairing meetings.
When running into difficulties because ideas are
running dry, they may direct activity into Green Hat
thinking.

11. Lateral thinking puzzle
• Situation puzzles are often referred to as lateral thinking
puzzles or "yes/no" puzzles.
• Situation puzzles are usually played in a group, with one
person hosting the puzzle and the others asking questions
which can only be answered with a "yes" or "no" answer.
• Depending upon the settings and level of difficulty, other
answers, hints or simple explanations of why the answer is
yes or no, may be considered acceptable.
• The puzzle is solved when one of the players is able to
recite the narrative the host had in mind, in particular
explaining whatever aspect of the initial scenario was
puzzling.

12. Example
• 1. You are driving down the road in your car on a wild,
stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see
three people waiting for the bus
• An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
• An old friend who once saved your life.
• The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Knowing that there can only be one passenger in your
car, whom would you choose?
• Answer -The old lady of course! After helping the old
lady into the car, you can give your keys to your friend,
and wait with your perfect partner for the bus

13. • 2.A man lives in the penthouse of an apartment
building. Every morning he takes the elevator
down to the lobby and leaves the building. Upon
his return, however, he can only travel halfway up
in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way -
unless it's raining. What is the explanation for this?
• Answer-The man is a dwarf. He can't reach the
upper elevator buttons, but he can ask people to
push them for him. He can also push them with his
umbrella.

14. • 3.Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid
a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't
know what he looks like but they know his name is
John and that he is inside the house. The police bust
in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a
fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or
communication of any kind, they immediately arrest
the fireman. How do they know they've got their
man?
• Answer-The fireman is the only man in the room. The
rest of the poker players are women.

15. Conclusion
• Thus we would like to conclude that lateral thinking
is more concerned with the movement value of
statements and ideas.
• A person would use lateral thinking when they want
to move from one known idea to creating new ideas.
• Critical thinking is primarily concerned with judging
the truth value of statement and seeking errors.
• Lateral thinking, is the ability to think creatively.

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