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Toolbox 1: Logical

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Creativity and logic sometimes seem to be at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Far from it--logic is the first tool of all inventors. Many inventive and creative problems have been solved by cold, hard analysis and thinking. You do not always have to daydream and get into the fluffy stuff to solve every problem (although this does become necessary for those problems which do not succumb to the logical approach).

1. Analytic Invention

• Decomposition
  • 1.1. Chunking
  • 1.2. Attribute Analysis
  • 1.3. Value Analysis
• Questioning
  • 1.4. Purpose Analysis
  • 1.5. Causal breakdown: the Cause-Effect Diagram
  • 1.6. Root Cause Analysis / Five Whys
  • 1.7. Causal Chains: sequences of events
  • 1.8. Critical Thinking
  • 1.9. Bionics
  • 1.10. 5W1H
  • 1.11. SCAMPER
  • 1.12. Verbs

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