For problem solving, it turned out that the viewpoint "for others" can efficiently derive the answer

BySebastien Wiertz

There are many problems around us such as companies, human relationships and families, but in such circumstances thinking from the perspective of "for others" rather than oneself, you can derive more creative answers It has been clarified in several studies.

Daniel H Pink: employees are faster and more creative when solving other people's problems - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/8527500/Daniel-H-Pink-employees-are-faster-and-more-creative-when-solving-other-peoples-problems.html

In 2011, Ivan Polman Visiting Associate Professor at the University of New York and Professor Kyle Emikhi of Cornell University (then) gave the following questions to 137 participants and how the persons appearing resolve the problem I made an experiment to let you know what I did.

"A prisoner is caught in a tower and I strongly hope to run away soon, one day, I noticed that there was a single rope in the prison but the problem is that the length of the rope is the length of the tower Nearly half of the height can not safely get down on the ground.In spite of this, the prisoner could successfully escape by connecting two halves of the rope.What is the prisoner like Have you solved this difficult problem? "

ByDaniel Mennerich

The same question was given to the participants, but for half it was escaped with the setting "the prisoner is yourself" and in the other half with the setting "is different from the prisoner" I am thinking about a method.

As a result, 66 people in the other group succeeded in deriving the answer, whereas in the group of settings that you were a prisoner only half of them could not think of escape methods. From here it is highlighting that people can find answers faster and more correctly by considering ways to solve problems rather than "for themselves", "for others".

Decisions for Others Are More Creative Than Decisions for the Self
http://psp.sagepub.com/content/37/4/492.abstract


Several similar results have been announced. In one study, I instructed participants to draw a picture of an "alien" who is likely to appear in SF works. At that time, half of the participants explained that "After this, I will write a story based on the painting I draw", and in the other half I will write "a story will be written by another person based on this picture" I told you. As a result, I know that the group that was told that "others write a story" was drawing more creative pictures.

In another study, I instructed participants to consider gifts for three people, "myself", "a person closest to me", "a person I know little". As a result, it is becoming clear that there is a tendency for creative items to be chosen as much as they are for people who are far away from themselves.

From these studies, Mr. Polman and Mr. Emikhi said, "People think abstractly when they feel spatial, temporal and social distances to the situation and the target person, We conclude that if we feel that it is physically close, it is a likely event right now, and it is a person standing immediately next to me, I will take a more concrete way of thinking. " In other words, the farther the distance to the opponent, the more creative thinking becomes possible.

ByTim & Selena Middleton

However, in real world society, it will inevitably make ideas with a feeling of distance close to a certain problem in reality. Journalist Daniel H. Pink cites five points for the person who manages the organization in particular to have a sense of proper distance as follows.

1. Increase number of directors (supervisors) in an independent relationship
2. Review structure of organization
3. Consolidate the power of individuals to solve problems
Four. Find partners who can share problems and exchange opinions
Five. By thinking about the distance from the object by playing a third party

Of course, not only the image but also the specific idea may be necessary when advancing things. However, in some cases, it is important not to be caught by only thinking concretely but also to lead a solution from a vague image by looking at the whole from a "drawn" perspective.

By the way, the answer to the first problem seems to be "It was able to get down to the ground by tearing the rope in two in the longitudinal direction, doubling the length by connecting the two."

ByPulpolux !!!