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This slideshow is a segment taken from workshops on decision making and problem solving. I hope you enjoy this considered approach to problem solving. ...Geoff (www.performancepeople.com.au)
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Simple Divergent, Emergent & Convergent Thinking
Fan > Explore > Focus
I came to this presentation via a circuitous route. So I am going to take you on a bit of the same journey.!
The approach I describe here is a mashup of concepts from Eric Knight Reframing; Dave Gray, Sunni Brown and James Macanufo Gamestorming; Ian Dixon of Dixon Partners; and Michelle James of The Center for Creative Emergence.
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The Streetlight
Fan > Explore > Focus
Reframing
Divergent & Convergent
Thinking
Emergent Thinking
Fan & Focus
It starts with an old story about how we can go looking where we are comfortable, rather than where answers can be found.
The Streetlight
An old story with many variants:1. A man is looking for his keys
under a streetlight2. A person comes and helps him3. They cannot find the keys4. When challenged. the man
admits he dropped his keys ‘over there’
5. He is looking here, because he can see in the light
The Streetlight
Fan > Explore > Focus
Reframing
Divergent & Convergent
Thinking
Emergent Thinking
Fan & Focus
And an idea from Eric Knight that needs to be shared.
Reframing
Eric Knight 2012 in Reframe writes that earnest, well-meaning, intelligent people use a ‘magnifying glass’ to solve problems
Reframing
Eric suggests we start with a camera lens: – A wider field of view– Able to focus at different distances,
giving multiple ‘frames of reference’
The Streetlight
Fan > Explore > Focus
Reframing
Divergent & Convergent Thinking
Emergent Thinking
Fan & Focus
Which leads to two important ways of thinking.
Two Skills
Divergent Convergent Thinking Thinking
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Convergent
DivergentBrainstorming
Forced Analogy
(& Dictionary Method)
The Creative Whack Pack
Six Thinking
Hats
Mind Maps/ Concept Maps/
Topic Maps
Value Stream Mapping
Flowcharting/ Process Flow
Affinity Diagram
Nominal Group Technique Prototype/
Pilot Trial
Chart With Some Techniques
The Streetlight
Fan > Explore > Focus
Reframing
Divergent & Convergent
Thinking
Emergent Thinking
Fan & Focus
That have been put together in a simple, powerful way.
Fan & Focus
FAN
Divergent Thinking
Seeking as many options as possible
Ian Dixon of Partnering Solutions presents this model:
Fan & Focus
FAN
Divergent Thinking
Transition Point
Seeking as many options as possible
Ian Dixon of Partnering Solutions presents this model:
Fan & Focus
FAN FOCUS
Divergent Thinking Convergent Thinking
Transition Point
Seeking as many options as possible
Selecting the option(s) to implement
Ian Dixon of Partnering Solutions presents this model:
Fan & Focus Issues
Preconceived ideas /Lack of creativity
Ignoring/overlooking possibilities
Short-changing one phase
The Streetlight
Fan > Explore > Focus
Reframing
Divergent & Convergent
Thinking
Emergent Thinking
Fan & Focus
But something was missing. Some sort of ‘incubation’.
Emergent Thinking
Explore!!!
IntegrateExtrapolate
RelateCategoriseExpand
Leap-frogMasticate
Abrogate
JuxtaposeSuperimpose
Statistically analyse
Attack
Visualise
Flowchart
Sort
The Streetlight
Fan > Explore > Focus
Reframing
Divergent & Convergent
Thinking
Emergent Thinking
Fan & Focus
Which led to the final form of the model.
Fan, Explore & Focus
Spend some time ‘in between’ fanning and focussing – exploring what you are finding out.
FAN FOCUS
Divergent Thinking
Convergent Thinking
Seeking as many options as possible
Selecting & refining the option(s) to implement
EmergentThinking
EXPLORE
Teasing out possibilities
Tools & Techniques
FAN
• Brainstorm• Daydream• ‘Tinker’• Imagine• Provocative
questions• Gap analysis• Case studies
(seeing what others did)
FOCUS
• Cost-benefit analysis
• Prioritisation• Modelling• Pilot test• Flowcharting• Tasking/
delegation
EXPLORE
• 5 whys• 6 thinking hats• Stakeholder
analysis• Risk analysis• SWOT analysis• Mind-mapping• Force field
analysis• Forced analogy
All the best on your journey – and at every point make sure you know whether you are fanning, exploring or focussing!
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© Performance People Pty Ltd, 2013
Added to SlideShare by GeoffatPerformancePeople
www.performancepeople.com.au
With appreciation for the contributions of Eric Knight Reframing; Dave Gray, Sunni Brown and James Macanufo Gamestorming; Ian Dixon of Dixon Partners; and Michelle James of The Center for Creative Emergence.
