FAST Creativity & Innovation: Rapidly Improving Processes, Product Development and Solving Complex Problems

Chapter 7: Intuitive Logic

Intuitive logic is enjoyed by everyone. You have it whether you realize it or not. I enjoyed intuitive logic for years without knowing it. We all use it every day.

INTUITIVE THINKING

Intuitive logic is the thinking and logic reasoning that take place within a person's mind whenever he or she intuitively plays a role to answer any question. It is also the logic we usually use when we answer the Why-How Logic Questions and likewise as we analyze and evaluate our answers which have been expressed as functions.

At the end of Chapter 3, you were asked to pretend you were teaching someone else as you were learning how to name functions. You were given six different projects to work on. As you did this, you were actually playing the role of the instructor or teacher for those projects. That very act was a form of creativity. If I had not suggested that you play the role of instructor, you probably would have intuitively selected the role of instructor on your own.

We all play several roles each week without realizing it. See if you can list six roles you normally play each week:

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As you attempt to do this exercise, think of all the different things you do each weekday. A few that come to mind for me are husband, engineer, father, tutor, teacher, driver, repairman, plumber, mechanic, fire builder, and cook. I know my wife would put a big question...

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