Context of Practice 1: Ways of Thinking

Context of Practice 1

Study Task 5: Ways of Thinking

After being divided into groups to explore "Lateral Thinking" as a way of exploring ideas, we decided to research the definition of Lateral Thinking and used the book Lateral Thinking by Bono, E.D. to refine our research. The book gave a clear explanation of the process, in comparison to Vertical Thinking.

As a group, we decided a creative way to show the process of both Lateral and Vertical thinking, was to create a series of character designs based on the same concept, "Fire Character". We initially started with Vertically thinking, as a group, which created quite a linear character. Then, we used Lateral thinking and found the process much easier in developing a wide range of character designs, based from one concept. 

I think the process could've been illustrated and demonstrated better, by using both vertical and lateral thinking individually and as a group, however, I believe that we illustrated the process in a creative way. We all worked as a team to produce the presentation. I think more research could have been included to further improve the explanations.

As an improvement of our presentation, we were told to add more detail about the task we set ourselves and a final graph to demonstrate our "lateral thinking" as a visual process. As a group, we were praised for approaching the task in a creative way and visually exploring the thought process.