Great to hear from you as always.

You are absolutely right. No one style is better than the other. In fact, that is the idea behind my Innovation Personality Poker – we need ALL of the styles to be successful in our innovation efforts.

There is a difference between being a “dot” thinker and being a “lone” thinker. Dot thinkers get their answers based on knowledge and expertise. Einstein i many respects, is a “line” thinker because his greatest theories were devised through metaphors. Read the excellent book, “Einstein’s Dreams.” Obviously though, Einstein was brilliant.

if someone can be both a dot and line thinker, that is ideal. But that is not very common.

As an aside, if you read the book “Blink,” it is only the dot thinkers who can make those snap decisions. Too many people who read that book made incorrect conclusions. You can only make a decision in a blink of an eye if you already have a deep knowledge of that domain.

Thanks again for your comment!

It is great to get creative in labelling thinking styles. Hower, whilst doing so I think we should not fall into a trap of labelling that one is better. It is just that different people have different thinking styles. It is more about preferred thinking styles rather than a better thinking style.

Being aware of differentt hinking styles is a great step towards unleashing creativity. Hence your article is a super mind unzipper!

Cheers!

Dr.YKK
Chief Mind Unzipper
DrYKK@mindbloom.net