“If you look at a room from a different position, you will see different things.
Some things that were hidden in one view become visible in another”
(Robert Korn)
(Robert Korn)
When Jonas
Edward Salk, a medical researcher, was asked how he discovered and developed
the first polio vaccine, he responded, “I pictured myself as
a virus or a cancer cell and tried to sense, what it would be like.”
He tried from a different perspective.
This is the
example of ‘divergent thinking’ which
means a thought process or method used
to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions (I just
learned that term from Wikipedia).
Looking at a challenge or problem or situation from a different perspective is
an essential component of creativity. It involves the ability to quickly come
up with different solutions and alternatives to a problem – and the ability to
be original.
Next time when
you approach a problem or situation, try to build in new ways to look at it.
Maybe you can try finding ideas by picturing yourself as an object. Try imagined
that you’re the other person or an audience. Try to be in the customer’s shoes
or student’s minds. Try to understand it by using many different kind of chart
such as column, pie, bar, line or radar chart. Try different method and
language. Try to study context and history. Try to change your positions physically
and engage emotionally. Try to find as many perspectives as possible. I tell
you, creative ideas will flow like a river.
Lord,
Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)
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