Indexed Notes by Topic
Functional Fixedness
Examples:
- Cooking can involve thinking outside traditional ingredients or uses for each ingredient.
References:
- Karl Duncker, The Candle Problem.
Insights:
- Recognising the capability of objects to serve other functions requires mental restructuring so we don't fall into our cognitive bias.
Principles:
- Understand the problem and the resources at your disposal.
- Break the problem into individual steps.
- Explore different possibilities for each step.