One word
that we frequently hear from our parents, teachers and boss is “ Observe”
correctly. Attentive observation will help to grasp the topic in case of
studies, provides clarity in case of work. Therefore the way we look and
observe needs a varied approach based on the requirements. The book ““Look – A
practice Guide for Improving your observation skills” provides narratives on
application on the relevance of anything we do. Six Thinking Hat methods are widely
used for driving creativity and solving problems in the organisations.
However when a student writes answers in the examination describing in his own
words, he never gets the top score. This is because the teacher needs answers
as she has thought at the school. Without imbibing creative thinking and
appreciating creativity at the schools, organisations have to invest to teach
lean and unlearn.
Observation
is key for any improvement and investigation. Observations influence on how we
act and opt. Moreover observations in everyday lead us to the thoughts that
possibly modify, reshape, reform and transform our behavior or overthrow
aspects of the world. Creative thinking has four steps – Focus, Provocation,
Movement and Harvesting. Focus involves identifying what one wants ideas about.
Provocation requires setting up of mental stimuli on the chosen focus area.
Movement responds to provocations and challenges by deliberation. Harvesting
captures the value of creative output by recognizing the newness of thoughts.
The Six
Looking Glasses method guide to become more skilled observer by enriching the
time spent looking. The six different type of looking are
1. Binoculars Look
2. Bifocals Look
3. Magnifying
glasses Look
4. Microscope Look
5. Rose
coloured Glasses
6. Blindfolds.
7.
These
six methods of looking is critical and applicable across the life cycle of
human and organisation. In today’s world, every day we use these six looking glass
method. We scroll on the messages in our what sup application for a Binocular look. For certain messages we use Bifocals look to interpret two alternate views
of any given situation. We use Magnifying glasses look to spot one thing to look closely
to respond. We use Microscope looking for greater details
involving scrutinizing and studying scene. We use Rose coloured
glasses
look to uncover the
hidden opportunity. We use Blindfolds
look to reflect and recall what was seen and how was scene.
