Eight Ways to Think Creatively

Innovative thinking a **** there are eight methods. They are: additive thinking, subtractive thinking, transformational thinking, reverse thinking, analogical thinking, associative thinking, circuitous thinking, divergent thinking.

1, additive thinking

Additive thinking is a part or all of two or more doctrines, technologies, and products are appropriately superimposed or combined to form new doctrines, new technologies, and new products of innovative methods.

2, subtractive thinking

Subtractive thinking is to reduce or divide the elements of things, so as to achieve the purpose of innovation.

3, transformational thinking

Transformational thinking refers to the use of flexible and diverse changes and transformations from all aspects and perspectives to achieve the purpose of innovation.

4, reverse thinking

Reverse thinking refers to not using the usual way of thinking about the problem, but from the completely opposite, opposing angles to think about the problem, so as to achieve the purpose of innovation.

5, analogical thinking

Analogical thinking refers to the two or two types of objects have some similar or the same attributes, so as to introduce one of the objects may have another or another type of object already has other attributes of the way of thinking.

6, associative thinking

Associative thinking refers to one or a class of things associated with a connected, related to another or another class of things, so as to achieve the innovative purpose of the method.

7, roundabout thinking

The roundabout thinking method refers to the use of conventional direct solution to the problem, but to take a roundabout insights, methods to solve the problem.

8, divergent thinking

Divergent thinking refers to a central problem, multi-faceted, multi-angle, multi-level, multi-way thinking and association, in order to explore the answer to the question of the way of thinking.