Train your brain by dialing up this lateral thinking exercise

Blog Post | Aug 9th, 2021

Lateral thinking is the practice of intentionally letting go of an established thought process in order to generate new ideas. With lateral thinkinglateral thinking:
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, we step away from what we know and reach into the unknown with an open and unquestioning mind.

Psychologist Edward de Bono originated the term "lateral thinking" back in 1967. According to de Bono, “The aim of lateral thinking is to look at things in different ways, to restructure patterns, to generate alternatives.”

Dial Up Ideas

Dial-up-ideas is a lateral thinking exercise designed to train your brain to make connections between seemingly unrelated items.

Begin by picking three numbers at random. Then, follow the instructions in the next step.

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