Right off the bat this lecture blew my mind. To tell us that the way we learned to
brainstorm is an ineffective method to generating ideas was uncomprehendable at
first.
After reviewing the concepts of divergent and convergent
thinking, he explained to us that the school system teaches us how to think
with convergence and in turn Americans are losing the ability to thinking
divergently. I believe this is when the
concept sunk in for me… an “ah ha” moment if you will. My first instinct when trying to generate
ideas is to immediately stop and analysis an idea for validity instead of
separating the two skills. This has
prevented me from effectively generating ideas.
His analogy of driving to
the two thinking skills really
helped me understand the concepts.
Divergent thinking is like pressing the gas while convergent thinking is
like pressing the brakes. During the divergent
phase you want to accelerate as many ideas as fast as possible. Only once the ideas are maxed out do you
start to stop and consider the pros and cons to each idea.
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