In my last post I discussed about two creations, first creation or
mental creation and second creation or physical creation and also problem space
and solution space. How do we develop this?
A great deal of research has been conducted for decades on what has come
to be called Brain dominance theory. The findings basically indicates that each hemisphere of the brain – left and right
– tends to specialize in and preside over different functions , process
different kind of information and deal with different kind of problems. Additionally,
people are said to prefer one type of thinking over the other. For example, a
person who is "left-brained" is often said to be more logical,
analytical, and objective, while a person who is "right-brained" is
said to be more intuitive, thoughtful, and subjective.
Some of the abilities that are popularly associated with the right side
of the brain include:
Recognizing faces
Expressing emotions
Music
Reading emotions
Color
Images
Intuition
Creativity
The left-side of the brain is considered to be
adept at tasks that involve logic, language and analytical thinking. The left-brain is often described as being better
at:
Language
Logic
Critical thinking
Numbers
Reasoning
In computer term, right hemisphere works as
parallel processing and left hemisphere works as serial processing.
If we use the brain dominance theory as model, it becomes evident that
the quality of our first creation is significantly impacted by our ability to
use creative right brain. The more we are able to draw upon our right brain
capacity, the more fully we will be able to visualize, to synthesize, to
transcend time and present circumstances, to project a holistic picture of what
we want to do. This is basically working for problem space or for the first
creation.
What Does All this Really Mean?
When it comes to improving our visual thinking ability, we must always
strive to activate our “whole-brain” learning system to help us solve problems, overcome obstacles and challenges, think more creatively and effectively under different
conditions and circumstances.
Framework:
The visual thinking framework provides a
platform that will help you to generate better ideas and allow you to solve
problems far more effectively. The entire framework is built upon the
principles of visual thinking as they apply to problem solving, creativity and
idea generation.
The framework is very much like an onion. You start peeling at the top
layer and continue peeling until you reach the core of the onion. At the core,
you will have a complete grasp of how to solve your problems and generate ideas
using a large variety of visual thinking techniques, strategies, principles and
tools.
There are some good videos in ted talk on this area, but I feel story of
Jill Bolte Taylor is most touching one…
Apart from these framework tool, there are many exercises that are great
for stimulating the right hemisphere of the brain, few are below
1.
Have a bilateral conversation,
means conversation between hemispheres –
For this exercise, take a pencil in your right hand (even if you’re
left-handed) and write the question: “How’s it going?” Then switch to your left
hand, and write whatever pops up. Your non-dominant hand’s writing will be
shaky—that’s okay. The important thing isn’t tidiness; it’s noticing that your
twin hemispheres have different personalities.
The right side of the brain, which controls the left hand, will say
things you don’t know that you know. It specializes in assessing your physical
and mental feelings, and it often offers solutions.
2.
Expand
perspective
There are a number of ways to do this. Through the powers of your imagination,
you can expand your mind, visualize in rich in details. Involve as many of the
sense as you can.
3.
Practice
Yoga to clear the Mind
Yoga is useful as it functions on three main points: exercise,
breathing, and meditation.
And also you can browse on internet to get many discussions on this area.
~Keep Winning
Madoo
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