PO is a device to bring about an arrangement or rearrangement of information not a device to judge the new arrangements or condemn the old ones.”_
PO implies, ’That may be the best way of looking at things or putting the information together. That may even turn out to be the only way. But let us look around for other ways.”_
(Po is something you say to your or another to signal “hey, let’s stop and see if we rearrange information in a different way”.)
And the reason why de Bono considered this an important instrument:
It is interesting that in our thinking we have developed methods for dealing with things that are wrong but no methods for dealing with things that are right. When something is wrong we explore further. When something is right our thinking comes to a halt That is why we need lateral thinking to break through this adequacy block and restructure patterns even when there is no need to do so.
I like the Split and Commit angle better though because it seems more practical in that it’s a mini-framework or technique—it’s clear how to apply it to rearrange the information coming into the mind.
This reminds me Edward De Bono’s concept of PO:
(Po is something you say to your or another to signal “hey, let’s stop and see if we rearrange information in a different way”.)
And the reason why de Bono considered this an important instrument:
I like the Split and Commit angle better though because it seems more practical in that it’s a mini-framework or technique—it’s clear how to apply it to rearrange the information coming into the mind.