Topic 5 – Observation and Analogy > Observation > Observation
- Learn to build a tool box full of aids for frame breaking, the G of PIG In MuD.
Topic 5 – Observation and Analogy > Observation is complacent > Observation is Complacent
- Our sensory systems are designed to notice changes, not consistency.
- We simply become unaware or we automatically work around anomalies.
- It means to accept the minimal condition rather than to pursue the optimal.
Topic 5 – Observation and Analogy > Observational biases > Observational Biases
- We focus on what we consider to be most relevant, but what is most relevant to us? Not surprisingly, it’s what we expect to see.
- The bias of seeing only the expected can be perilous in producing biased stereotypes.
- Overcoming standard pattern recognition is needed to see imperfections and the need for improvements.
Topic 5 – Observation and Analogy > Analogy > Analogy
- Analogy is one of the most common tools used by scientists and business people to come up with new ideas.
- Analogies are associations in which we find commonalities between things.
- With metaphors, we fully equate the things, whereas with analogies, we appreciate similarities as well as differences.
- Analogies help us to better understand intangible concepts by relating them to something readily observable.
Topic 5 – Observation and Analogy > Associative hierarchies > Associative Hierarchies
- A discussion and examples of flat associations versus steep associations.
- The ability to generate more associates and more original associates leads to surprising new ideas that can even help to jog memory.
Topic 5 – Observation and Analogy > Discussion of stop & thinks > Discussion of Stop & Thinks
- Observation and analogy are useful tools in the PIG In MuD toolbox.
- Observation, when it involves a repeated stimulus, becomes complacent.
- Analogies are useful in detecting associations to other things that may serve to answer questions or solve problems.
Topic 5 – Observation and Analogy > Topic 5 Wrap-Up > Concept Review
- Observation and analogy are useful tools in the PIG In MuD toolbox.
- Neither is terribly outside the box yet both provide propulsion to launch innovation.
- Observation, when it involves a repeated stimulus, becomes complacent.
- Both of these attributes work against innovation in that they conceal anomalies and they obstruct full awareness.
Topic 5 – Observation and Analogy 
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