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"All valuable creative ideas are logical in hindsight. However, initially they are usually invisible to logic. Lateral Thinking™ gives you the power to see"      "You can analyse the past but you have to design the future."       "Thinking is a skill that can be taught. Unless we teach thinking we waste over fifty per cent of the talent available in society."       “The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future” " Like the front left wheel of a car, our traditional thinking is excellent - but inadequate."       "Thinking is far too often concerned with the judgement of "what is" rather than the design of "what can be."        "Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven."       "Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways."       "Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain."       "If you never change your mind, why have one?"      "Perception is real even when it is not reality"       "You can analyse the past but you have to design the future"       "The quality of our future will depend directly on the quality of our thinking"        "If you do not design your own future, someone else will do it for you"       "In winning an argument you gain nothing, in losing you gain another point of view"       "A good idea never excludes a better one" "Intelligence is like the horse-power of a car - thinking is the skill with which the car is driven"       "You do not use the reverse gear all the time but when you need it you really do. It's the same with creativity"       "If you learn the successes of the past you risk being trapped by them"      "Possibility is to progress as hunger is to cooking"      "Everyone behaves logically within a personal bubble of perception, values and experience"      "Arrogance is the real system sin because it cuts the system off from reaction and reality"      "With a provocation there may not be a reason for saying something until after it is said"      ""I think therefore I am" I do, therefore I matter"

A course for Leaders, Teams and Individuals.

We’ve all said it. Too much to do, too little time. But what if you could really focus? Cut out all the distractions and funnel your thoughts until you drill down to the right action? Think how much more you could accomplish!

 

Direct Attention Thinking Tools (D.A.T.T.™) gives you 10 simple strategies for sharpening your perception and focusing your thinking in a more comprehensive, effective and efficient way. DATT™ will enable you to have a broad and inclusive viewpoint. The tools create a framework for defining a situation. That framework will improve your ability to consider consequences before you take action.

Our modern lives – both business and personal – are very fast paced and full of action. We often confuse action with accomplishment and frequently jump to action without enough thought. We love to take action and see what happens – if it is good, we keep going; if it is bad, we stop and clean up the mess we have created. Sure, it is better than doing nothing at all but it is inefficient at best and costly at its worst.

Tool 1 – Consequences and Sequels
Look ahead to see the consequences of an action, plan, decision or rule.

Tool 2 – Plus, Minus, Interesting
Ensure that all sides of a matter have been considered before a decision or commitment is made.

Tool 3 – Recognize, Analyse, Divide
Break a larger concept into smaller, more manageable parts.

Tool 4 – Consider All Factors
Explore all factors related to an action, decision, plan, judgment or conclusion.

Tool 5 – Aims, Goals, Objectives
Focus directly and deliberately on the intentions behind actions.

Tool 6 – Alternatives, Possibilities, Choices
Deliberately try to find other ways.

Tool 7 – Other People’s Views
Put yourself in others’ shoes.

Tool 8 – Key Values Involved
Ensure that your thinking serves your values.

Tool 9 – First Important Priorities
Select the most important ideas, factors, objectives, consequences, etc.

Tool 10 – Design/Decision, Outcome, Channels, Action
Direct attention to the outcome of the thinking and action that follows.

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