Problem Problem SolvingSolving
Right Brain and Right Brain and Left Brain Left Brain ThinkingThinking
How DoHow Do YouYou Interpret Interpret Information?Information?
People People interpret the interpret the same thing same thing or event in or event in
many many different different
waysways
How DoHow Do YouYou Interpret Interpret Information?Information?
For For example, example, how many how many squares squares do do youyou
see in this see in this figure?figure?
How DoHow Do YouYou Interpret Interpret Information?Information?
A person A person may count may count each of the each of the 16 squares 16 squares seen in the seen in the
gridgrid
11 22 33 44
55 66 77 88
99 1010 1111 1212
1313 1414 1515 1616
How DoHow Do YouYou Interpret Interpret Information?Information?
Others Others however, however,
may may combine combine
squares to squares to count count
larger ones larger ones as wellas well
How DoHow Do YouYou Interpret Interpret Information?Information?
In fact, In fact, there are there are
30 30 squares squares within within
this grid!this grid!
More Than One More Than One SolutionSolution
Smart entrepreneurs and Smart entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs do not stop thinking intrapreneurs do not stop thinking when they find one right answer — when they find one right answer —
they they look around for morelook around for more..
How To Find More How To Find More AnswersAnswers
Change your Change your routinesroutines
Talk to and Talk to and listen to peoplelisten to people
Make lists and Make lists and don’t be afraid don’t be afraid to change themto change them
Write down all Write down all your new ideas your new ideas before you before you forget themforget them
DaydreamDaydream Try to look at Try to look at
things from things from different different perspectivesperspectives
Read something Read something you’ve never you’ve never read beforeread before
Try something Try something you’ve never you’ve never tried beforetried before
Left Brain and Right Left Brain and Right Brain ThinkingBrain Thinking
The human The human brain is brain is
divided into divided into two two
hemispheres hemispheres — the right — the right
brain and the brain and the left brainleft brain
Left Brain and Right Left Brain and Right Brain ThinkingBrain Thinking
Research Research shows that shows that each half each half functions functions differentlydifferently
Left Brain and Right Left Brain and Right Brain ThinkingBrain Thinking
Left Brain – Right Brain Left Brain – Right Brain ThinkingThinking
Left Brain ThinkingLeft Brain Thinking
Logic:Logic:Drawing conclusions Drawing conclusions based on logic: one thing based on logic: one thing following another in following another in logical order.logical order.
Linear:Linear:Thinking in terms of Thinking in terms of linked ideas, one thought linked ideas, one thought directly following directly following another, often leading to another, often leading to a convergent conclusion. a convergent conclusion.
Right Brain Right Brain ThinkingThinking
Intuitive:Intuitive:Making leaps of insight, Making leaps of insight, often based on often based on incomplete patterns, incomplete patterns, hunches, feelings and hunches, feelings and visual images.visual images.
Holistic:Holistic:Seeing whole things at Seeing whole things at once, perceiving the once, perceiving the overall patterns and overall patterns and structures, often leading structures, often leading to divergent conclusions. to divergent conclusions.
Left Brain – Right Brain Left Brain – Right Brain ThinkingThinking
Left Brain ThinkingLeft Brain Thinking
Verbal:Verbal:Using words to name, Using words to name, describe, define.describe, define.
Temporal:Temporal:Keeping track of Keeping track of time, sequencing one time, sequencing one thing after another. thing after another.
Right Brain Right Brain ThinkingThinking
Nonverbal:Nonverbal:Awareness of Awareness of things, but minimal things, but minimal connection with connection with words.words.
Non-temporal:Non-temporal:Without sense of Without sense of time. time.
Left Brain – Right Brain Left Brain – Right Brain ThinkingThinking
Left Brain Left Brain ThinkingThinking
Rational:Rational:Drawing conclusions Drawing conclusions based on reason and based on reason and facts. facts.
Analytic:Analytic:Figuring things out Figuring things out step by step and step by step and part by part. part by part.
Right Brain Right Brain ThinkingThinking
Non-rational:Non-rational:Not requiring a basis Not requiring a basis of reason or facts; of reason or facts; willingness to willingness to suspend judgment. suspend judgment.
Synthetic:Synthetic:Putting things Putting things together to form together to form wholes. wholes.
Left Brain – Right Brain Left Brain – Right Brain ThinkingThinking
Left Brain Left Brain ThinkingThinking
Abstract:Abstract:Taking out a small Taking out a small bit of information bit of information and using it to and using it to represent the whole represent the whole thing.thing.
Symbolic:Symbolic:Using a symbol to Using a symbol to stand for something.stand for something.
Digital:Digital:Using numbers as in Using numbers as in counting. counting.
Right Brain ThinkingRight Brain Thinking
Analogic:Analogic:Seeing relationship Seeing relationship between things, between things, understanding metaphoric understanding metaphoric relationships.relationships.
Concrete:Concrete:Relating to things as they Relating to things as they are at the present are at the present moment.moment. Spatial:Spatial:Seeing where things are in Seeing where things are in relation to other things, relation to other things, and how parts go together and how parts go together to form a whole. to form a whole.
Left Brain – Right Brain Left Brain – Right Brain ThinkingThinking
The Left Brain The Left Brain Sees PartsSees Parts
The Right The Right Brain Sees Brain Sees
WholesWholes
Left Brain – Right Brain Left Brain – Right Brain ThinkingThinking
The Left Brain The Left Brain Sees Sees
NumbersNumbers
The Right The Right Brain Sees Brain Sees PatternsPatterns
Left Brain – Right Brain Left Brain – Right Brain ThinkingThinking
The Left Brain The Left Brain Sees WordsSees Words
The Right The Right Brain Sees Brain Sees
ImagesImages
Left Brain - Right Brain Left Brain - Right Brain ConflictConflict
Look at the chart below and say the color of Look at the chart below and say the color of the word - not the word itself.the word - not the word itself.
The right side of the brain tries to say the The right side of the brain tries to say the color while the left side tries to say the color while the left side tries to say the
word.word.
Can you do it?Can you do it?
Practice Your Thinking Practice Your Thinking SkillsSkills
People can People can improve their improve their left brain and left brain and
right brain right brain thinking thinking
skills with skills with practicepractice
Practice Your Thinking Practice Your Thinking SkillsSkills
Did you Did you notice how it notice how it
became became easier to read easier to read the names of the names of the colours the colours
on this chart on this chart as you went as you went
along?along?
Working TogetherWorking TogetherThe two brain The two brain hemispheres hemispheres
work together, work together, supporting each supporting each
other and other and producing results producing results
that neither that neither could attain on could attain on
its own.its own.
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