ABSTRACT

This chapter emphasizes the individual thinker correctly answering the right questions, but recognizing that it takes considerable thinking to find the right questions to ask. Other parts of the correct process involve (1) perseverance, (2) looking for closure that represents a conclusion, and (3) endless curiosity, (4) intelligence, and (5) imagination. A summary of the various types of thinking is provided, namely:

Inductive thinking

Deductive thinking

Reductionist thinking

Out-of-the-box thinking

Systems thinking

Design thinking

Disruptive thinking

Lateral thinking

Critical thinking

Fast and slow thinking

Breakthrough thinking

Visual thinking

Hybrid thinking

A brief citation of thinking patterns from the great thinkers is also included.