Lateral Thinking

Edward De Bono said, “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.”. Like the photo of the rat finding a way in the maze, everyone should be able to solve thing laterally without overthinking. Problems that seem to be hard could be solved easily by thinking laterally.  Lateral thinking also can be used for developing or inventing things by combining existed ideas. For example, who ever imagine a fried ice cream? Flour coated frozen ice cream is quickly deep-fried in oil, which is results crispy shell around it. It gives you warm and cool feeling at the same time. Another example is the black noodle, people creatively use squid ink that often got dumped as a natural food coloring. Without giving the noodle certain taste. Besides the black noodle, there is also green noodle that made from veggies and red noodle from tomato. This is also a creative way in giving the kids nutritious meal. That is why we need to develop things that already existed to new one.

Mind Map

Mind map is a diagram that visually categorises information with branches. Mind map have many applications to daily life like in personal, education, business, etc. It can explains something into the detail simply, can be use to find way in solving problems, creates or develops creativity, make things be easily remembered with shorten details, of course with colours. Mind map is commonly made with various colours because the brain remembers things with colour faster. Making a mind map as a studying material before exam is such a good example because it will shorten the time reading long sentences into the point only, and the brain will quickly get the shape of mind map thus everything can be remembered well. Mind map also can be use in maintaining daily activities like planning routines, what to eat, what to watch, what to do in a unique way. This can also help somebody during brainstorming to write out ideas in short way but well-explained. Mind map has no right or wrong because various individuals can make their own mind map freely for benefit of themselves.

Brainstorming

Creativity technique which is to find a way or conclusion for a problem by thinking a lot of ideas spontaneously. There should be time set during brainstorming thus we can keep on thinking within' the time and could produce best and relevant ideas. There are two types of brainstorming, group and individual. Group brainstorming should not contains too many people and it is good because every individuals can provide different, various, unusual ideas that can become combined or improved ideas. Group brainstorming should defer criticism or judgement because it can affect group member's creativity including the teamwork. Encouragement, understanding, open-minded, are things needed within' the team. If ideas judging happened, it could results hesitation in giving ideas to the team. It is said that somehow individual brainstorming can be more effective than group one because an individual should think hard without any help from others like group brainstorming. However, as long as the person itself could focus on thinking of quality and quantity in solving the topic or problem, any type of brainstorming could work well.

Rule Breaker

sleeping during class

pedestrian crossing the road right below overpass

feeding animal

motorcycle supposed to take 2-3 people at once

drinking at a store when it is not allowed

happening in Indonesia... 

when people desperately want to avoid traffic jam

when dust bin can't hold litters anymore

Rule breakers, people who go against the law or public's rules. The purpose of breaking the rules can be positive or negative depending on someone's point of view. For example, sleeping during class is one of common school rules around the world. As from student's point of view, sleeping for a while can boost up their energy after a long day only sitting and listening but teachers will count it as impolite behaviour for not paying attention during class. Another sample is when pedestrians crossing the road without using overpass, people can be distraction for drivers while crossing right on the road will be so much easier yet faster than using the overpass. Especially when the road have less cars passing. Same goes for feeding animal at the zoo, when visitors count it as entertaining themselves, zookeeper would think it's dangerous and will harms the animals. On the other hand, there are so many rules broken because of people doing their things as they wish without considering the others thus giving disadvantages. Like when going opposite directions on the road just because they want to go home fast without traffic.