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This document discusses creativity and problem solving. It provides 20 different solutions to a matchstick problem that require moving or breaking just one matchstick. The solutions use novel approaches like Roman numerals, binary, alphabets, multiplication, division, and more. Developing creativity requires generating many ideas and recognizing patterns to think beyond self-imposed limitations. Structured techniques can help organizations systematically create new business ideas through an innovation process.

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How to look more creatively to a single problem and find systematically more solutions Ron Broens ron.broens@booi-innovations.com www.booi-innovations.com fi.linkedin.com/in/broens twitter.com/RonBroens +358 (0)50 501 63 29
About BOOI Innovations ? BOOI' mission is to: ¡°Support our clients to become the most innovative player in their industry.¡± ? Get more info on our services through our: ? Web page ? LinkedIn page ? Facebook page
About creativity ? [Creativity is the] ability to produce something new through imaginative skill, whether a new solution to a problem, a new method or device, or a new artistic object or form. The term generally refers to a richness of ideas and originality of thinking. Adapted from: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creativity
¡°Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different¡± Albert Szent-Gyorgyi 1893-1996 Nobel prize winner Physician
¡°Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one we have¡± Emile Chartier, 1868-1951 French Philosopher
¡°The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away¡± Linus Pauling 1901-1994 Two time Nobel prize winner Theoretical chemist and biologist
¡°If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it¡± Albert Einstein 1879-1955 Nobel prize winner Physicist
Matchstick problem ? The following slides will show 20 solutions to this matchstick problem ? The only rule: Make a correct statement by manipulating 1 match! ? This is an exercise from BOOI's Creativity & Innovation Awareness seminar
STOP: First try yourself! ? It is always easier to take a quick peek on what others already have done ? Remember that innovation is a continuous process, not a one-time goal or a single destination ? The more you do it the better you get at it ? Do not worry about failing; if you fail that means you are learning (FAIL is actually the acronym for: First Attempt In Learning)
More creative approaches Solution 1: The negative number solution
More creative approaches Solution 2: The Roman number solution
More creative approaches Solution 3: The break-a-match solution (match needs to be broken!)
More creative approaches Solution 4: The second Roman number solution (match needs to be broken!)
More creative approaches Solution 5: The unequal solution
More creative approaches Solution 6: The 'bigger then' solution
More creative approaches Solution 7: The positive or same-symbol-has-different-meaning solution AND or PLUS POSITIVE or BIGGER THAN ZERO
More creative approaches Solution 8: The vector solution (match needs to be broken in 4 pieces!); Imagination required for the commas. , X YX Y X Y X 1 Y 1 -1 -1 1 1 1 2- = 0 -1 1 1 2 1- -1 0= Is also possible! , , ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )( )
More creative approaches Solution 9: Decimal solution (match needs to be broken in 3 pieces!) 11 - 11,1 = - 0,1
More creative approaches Solution 10: The alphabet solution (match needs to be broken in 2 pieces!) 14 - 13 = 1 n = 14th letter of the alphabet m =13th letter of the alphabet
More creative approaches Solution 11: The binary / decimal solution (match needs to be broken 3 pieces!) 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 1 0 = 2 1 1 = 3 3 + 3 = 6
More creative approaches Solution 12: The binary / alphabet solution (match needs to be broken 2 pieces!) 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 1 0 = 2 1 1 = 3 3 + 3 = F F is 6th letter of the alphabet
More creative approaches Solution 13: Correct for a binary based solution This statement is false for Roman numericals and for the decimal, hexadecimal and octal systems. However, for the binary system this 'unequal' statement is true! 3 ¡Ù 7 - 1 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 1 0 = 2 0 1 1 = 3 1 0 0 = 4 1 0 1 = 5 1 1 0 = 6 1 1 1 = 7
More creative approaches Solution 14: The superpose solution: Note that the match heads up means the opposite of match heads down! Examples of this calculation method: 0 or nothing
More creative approaches Solution 15: The second superpose solution: Note that the match heads up means the opposite of match heads down! Examples of this calculation method: 0 or nothing 0 or nothing
More creative approaches Solution 16: Another alphabet solution (match needs to be broken 3 pieces!) 2 + 2 = d d= 4th letter of the alphabet
More creative approaches Solution 17: A multiplication solution (match needs to be broken 4 pieces!) Match head becomes multiplication point! 2 + 1 x 1 = 3
More creative approaches Solution 18: An other multiplication solution (match needs to be broken 4 pieces!) Match head becomes multiplication point! 1 + 1 x 2 = 3
More creative approaches Solution 19: A division solution (match needs to be broken 3 pieces!) 2 / 3 ¡Ù 1
More creative approaches Solution 20: A division solution (match needs to be broken 3 pieces!) 2 / 3 = Positive
Additional info ? During our Creativity & Innovation Awareness seminar most people can create 3 to 5 solutions. This because they are stuck in their own pattern thinking and adhere to assumptions and rules they impose upon themselves without any reason ? Creativity is all about eliminating your self-imposed restrictions. But it is also about realizing knowledge gaps you have as ¡°you do not know what you do not know!¡± ? There are even more solutions!
Additional info ? If you really have been paying attention to the provided solutions you probably have recognized that there is a systematic structure behind the created solutions. ? Have you been able to recognize it? ? Generating new, more & better business ideas requires the same systematic approach!
If you would like to develop your organization's innovation capabilities or value propositions then feel free to contact us. Ron Broens ron.broens@booi-innovations.com www.booi-innovations.com fi.linkedin.com/in/broens twitter.com/RonBroens +358 (0)50 501 63 29

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  • 2. How to look more creatively to a single problem and find systematically more solutions Ron Broens ron.broens@booi-innovations.com www.booi-innovations.com fi.linkedin.com/in/broens twitter.com/RonBroens +358 (0)50 501 63 29
  • 3. About BOOI Innovations ? BOOI' mission is to: ¡°Support our clients to become the most innovative player in their industry.¡± ? Get more info on our services through our: ? Web page ? LinkedIn page ? Facebook page
  • 4. About creativity ? [Creativity is the] ability to produce something new through imaginative skill, whether a new solution to a problem, a new method or device, or a new artistic object or form. The term generally refers to a richness of ideas and originality of thinking. Adapted from: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creativity
  • 5. ¡°Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different¡± Albert Szent-Gyorgyi 1893-1996 Nobel prize winner Physician
  • 6. ¡°Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one we have¡± Emile Chartier, 1868-1951 French Philosopher
  • 7. ¡°The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away¡± Linus Pauling 1901-1994 Two time Nobel prize winner Theoretical chemist and biologist
  • 8. ¡°If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it¡± Albert Einstein 1879-1955 Nobel prize winner Physicist
  • 9. Matchstick problem ? The following slides will show 20 solutions to this matchstick problem ? The only rule: Make a correct statement by manipulating 1 match! ? This is an exercise from BOOI's Creativity & Innovation Awareness seminar
  • 10. STOP: First try yourself! ? It is always easier to take a quick peek on what others already have done ? Remember that innovation is a continuous process, not a one-time goal or a single destination ? The more you do it the better you get at it ? Do not worry about failing; if you fail that means you are learning (FAIL is actually the acronym for: First Attempt In Learning)
  • 11. More creative approaches Solution 1: The negative number solution
  • 12. More creative approaches Solution 2: The Roman number solution
  • 13. More creative approaches Solution 3: The break-a-match solution (match needs to be broken!)
  • 14. More creative approaches Solution 4: The second Roman number solution (match needs to be broken!)
  • 15. More creative approaches Solution 5: The unequal solution
  • 16. More creative approaches Solution 6: The 'bigger then' solution
  • 17. More creative approaches Solution 7: The positive or same-symbol-has-different-meaning solution AND or PLUS POSITIVE or BIGGER THAN ZERO
  • 18. More creative approaches Solution 8: The vector solution (match needs to be broken in 4 pieces!); Imagination required for the commas. , X YX Y X Y X 1 Y 1 -1 -1 1 1 1 2- = 0 -1 1 1 2 1- -1 0= Is also possible! , , ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )( )
  • 19. More creative approaches Solution 9: Decimal solution (match needs to be broken in 3 pieces!) 11 - 11,1 = - 0,1
  • 20. More creative approaches Solution 10: The alphabet solution (match needs to be broken in 2 pieces!) 14 - 13 = 1 n = 14th letter of the alphabet m =13th letter of the alphabet
  • 21. More creative approaches Solution 11: The binary / decimal solution (match needs to be broken 3 pieces!) 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 1 0 = 2 1 1 = 3 3 + 3 = 6
  • 22. More creative approaches Solution 12: The binary / alphabet solution (match needs to be broken 2 pieces!) 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 1 0 = 2 1 1 = 3 3 + 3 = F F is 6th letter of the alphabet
  • 23. More creative approaches Solution 13: Correct for a binary based solution This statement is false for Roman numericals and for the decimal, hexadecimal and octal systems. However, for the binary system this 'unequal' statement is true! 3 ¡Ù 7 - 1 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 1 0 = 2 0 1 1 = 3 1 0 0 = 4 1 0 1 = 5 1 1 0 = 6 1 1 1 = 7
  • 24. More creative approaches Solution 14: The superpose solution: Note that the match heads up means the opposite of match heads down! Examples of this calculation method: 0 or nothing
  • 25. More creative approaches Solution 15: The second superpose solution: Note that the match heads up means the opposite of match heads down! Examples of this calculation method: 0 or nothing 0 or nothing
  • 26. More creative approaches Solution 16: Another alphabet solution (match needs to be broken 3 pieces!) 2 + 2 = d d= 4th letter of the alphabet
  • 27. More creative approaches Solution 17: A multiplication solution (match needs to be broken 4 pieces!) Match head becomes multiplication point! 2 + 1 x 1 = 3
  • 28. More creative approaches Solution 18: An other multiplication solution (match needs to be broken 4 pieces!) Match head becomes multiplication point! 1 + 1 x 2 = 3
  • 29. More creative approaches Solution 19: A division solution (match needs to be broken 3 pieces!) 2 / 3 ¡Ù 1
  • 30. More creative approaches Solution 20: A division solution (match needs to be broken 3 pieces!) 2 / 3 = Positive
  • 31. Additional info ? During our Creativity & Innovation Awareness seminar most people can create 3 to 5 solutions. This because they are stuck in their own pattern thinking and adhere to assumptions and rules they impose upon themselves without any reason ? Creativity is all about eliminating your self-imposed restrictions. But it is also about realizing knowledge gaps you have as ¡°you do not know what you do not know!¡± ? There are even more solutions!
  • 32. Additional info ? If you really have been paying attention to the provided solutions you probably have recognized that there is a systematic structure behind the created solutions. ? Have you been able to recognize it? ? Generating new, more & better business ideas requires the same systematic approach!
  • 33. If you would like to develop your organization's innovation capabilities or value propositions then feel free to contact us. Ron Broens ron.broens@booi-innovations.com www.booi-innovations.com fi.linkedin.com/in/broens twitter.com/RonBroens +358 (0)50 501 63 29