Week 6 !! Lateral thinking

   This week's topic is Lateral thinking !!
Lateral thinking itself is
According to Wikipedia : a way to solve 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 step-by-step logic

According to BB :
Thinking Outside the Box
Ability to think creatively
Involves discarding the obvious
Leaving behind traditional modes of thought
Throwing away preconceptions
Use Inspiration and imagination to solve problems by looking at them from unexpected perpectives
provocation of a new pattern

According to Me : Lateral thinking is a way to think hypothetically which trains the mind to think out of the box and expect what is the unexpected . A way to think out of something or a concept that had been build inside our minds .

Just like this problem we encounter on this week's class .
I myself have a pretty stuck up mind and a straightforward way of thinking , and usually don't bother to look into the details . So when i tried to solve this problem by connecting straight lines that started from the dots (which of course didn't work ) . After Eng Kiet solved it , i was mindblown and for the thousand times i realize that i have to change my way of thinking , I always go by the rules , that is why i thought i couldn't cross over the dots /circles .
I think this is the way De Bono wanted artists or anyone to realize how Lateral thinking works (especially for people with stuck up mind like me ) , We have to think differently and not minimize the potential of solving the problems with rules that we had set up in our mind (which doesn't even apply as a rule to solve this problem ) .

" If you never change your mind , Why have one ?" . I think this is also De Bono's way to "scream" at people who are too afraid to make any changes and are stuck in the same rutinity because of Fear . " People succeeds after countless of Trials and Error " is also what i believe . If we are afraid to think and change our way of thinking , how would we "invent" something revolutionary ? How would someone be successful , if he think the same way as everyone ? If he did , he is either the same ( just another people in the crowd) or everyone is successful . Especially for Designers and Advertisers , Lateral thinking could be a way to success ,  The public loves something different , they DIG unique and new things , because we are always craving for something new to do and experience .
(This passage is not really connected to the one's before and to Lateral Thinking but its my thoughts about this specific quote of De Bono's : )

De Bono said " If you wait for opportunities to occur , you will be one of the crowd ." I think this quote is based on people who fears changes , and the ones who believes in " Fate " rather than actually trying to grab it ( opportunities ) . Opportunity itself wont just come and walk to you , unless you are really lucky (?) . Example is Mary Kay Ash , The founder of Mary Kay cosmetics . She took an opportunity in obstacles . She was denied a promotion and instead of being depressed about it , She took $5000 of her live savings and turned it into one of the largest , most successful multi-level marketing companies ever at a time when female CEOs are rare . This thing dont happen everyday doesn't it ? If she didn't took that opportunity she wouldn't be as successful as now .

( Back on Track )
This is my favorite quote from De Bono . It IS better to have more ideas than to have none at all , even if it turns out as a failure or does not match your taste or whoevers taste who requested it . Because by having more ideas we cover up much more , not to mention one ideas could lead to another which might be successful .
In my POV , i think its also a way to describe people who knows the theory but don't know how to apply them later on in real life . Instead its much better to be able to practice it in real life and show the results rather than being right on other peoples opinions but the results and the words said are way off .
De Bono once said : " Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain . "
 I agree , especially after seeing some clever and funny ones . Humour makes us think in a whole new way. these are several jokes i got from tumblr which the answers and reactions are pretty unpredictable , yet it is funny and true

WE really become the waiter . Don't we?

It literally is a bowl on a stick ! We just never see it that way before ! Can you imagine someone long long ago , saying something like " You know, since its hard to scoop food using our hand , why don't we attach a little bowl with it !? " And BAM a spoon was invented . They actually used to use a clam shell and carve a spoon using a wood back in the old days .

(googled whether this is actually a word or not just to re-check ) . I think this guy ( the one who answers)


Fun facts of Edward De Bono
Despite being a widely regarded as one of the foremost experts in the fields of creativity and Lateral thinking ,(1) De Bono is also a physician ,psychologist , author , inventor and consultant ! His Nationality is (2)Maltese , which is a Southern European Island Country .He gained a medical degree in the university of Malta. Following this , He proceeded as a Rhodes Scholar to Chris Church , Oxford and (3)earned an MA. He also earned a PhD from Trinity college , (4)BUT despite all of this academic achievements , He was also chose to represent Oxford in Polo and set two canoeing records !
(5)He also advised a UK foreign office committee that the Arab-Israeli conflict might be due , in part , , to low levels of Zinc found in people who eat unleavened bread (pita flatbread). He argued that low zinc levels heightened aggression and suggested shipping out Marmites to compensate !

Innovative Design :

This Dispenser is created for people who have had enough with trying to take out the chios and have it falling on your lap instead , or maybe for someone who has fat hand ( like Me) to be able to slide the chips out easily , it can be really hard to try and grab the chips from inside the can .



Also this week's  a picture  day !!
This week has been quite eventful because we had to do lots of projects outside and my family came to visit me . I snapped several pictures i thought is good for the POTD !! This are several of my favorites this week . 

 Apparently The Pokemon Go virus has reached SAM ! Saw this in The second floor , just before the Odyssey exhibition . I like how they even put effort on drawing the all so mighty dragonite of his/hers . One could say its a different kind of "Art" you could encounter in an Art gallery .












Marina Mandarin's lobby has got to be one of the hotel lobby i've ever seen so far ! I may not have a good sense in design or architecture but i'm sure that anyone who step into the lobby would be awe-struck by the view !

 This is the lobby in a different angle , which i took when i was sitting in a Sofa . I really like the lighting and the effect it gives to the whole inner building ! .










This is the end of this article ! thanks for reading !!