Flexible Thinking Workout

Description

An in depth look at the skills this test will accomplish:

Dealing with a Change

• Description: In this workout, you will get to know and practice a thinking tool called the Stoplight Method. The method will help us deal with changes. The Stoplight Method is a meta-cognitive method that emphasizes our ability to detect changes ahead of time and adapt ourselves to changing situations.
• Leading Game: Two-Flags.
  Two-Flags is a strategy game for 2 players in which you need to create and execute your strategic plan while overcoming opponent threats. The game is characterized by the need to be agile in your thinking, as well as the ability to adjust to changing conditions. Players must think about the long-term moves in the game, while making short-term decisions that will help them gain an advantage over their opponent.
• Practiced Skills: Planning, Decision Making, Calculation, Strategic Thinking, Flexible Thinking, Analysis and Deduction and Adaptability.

Think Outside the Box! Video

• Description: Watch this short and informative video to learn the concept of thinking outside the box. The video emphasizes how breaking our thinking patterns can help us generate new and original ideas. By exploring different perspectives and taking unconventional approaches, we can unlock our creative potential and find innovative solutions to problems. The video provides practical examples of thinking outside the box and encourages viewers to challenge their assumptions and embrace creativity in their thinking.
• Content Type: Video

Creative thinking -Breaking Patterns Tool

• Description: The workout will focus on Creative Thinking. It is the process of nurturing your imagination allowing you to think outside the box. Being able to train your mind to think creatively helps you invent, solve problems, create and communicate in a fresh and original ways.
• Leading Game:Mystery Box.
  Mystery Box is a puzzle game that promotes creative thinking and breaking thinking patterns. For players to figure out how to solve the levels, they need to use their intuition, imagination, and previous solution patterns. The game is characterized by the ability to recognize familiar patterns and use them, as well as the ability to define new patterns. Players are challenged to think creatively and use the game pieces in an unusual way.
• Practiced Skills: Creativity, Identify Patterns, Planning, Flexible Thinking and Persistence.

Resilience-The Alpinist Method

• Description: In this workout, we will explore the Alpinist Method – a useful strategy for developing resilience and successfully coping with life’s challenges! The Alpinist Method will teach us about goal setting and making sure we are equipped with different resources to cope with various situations we may encounter.
• Leading Game: ClimbUp.
  ClimbUp is a puzzle game requiring good planning and flexibility. The objective of ClimbUp is to help the alpinist reach the top of the mountain by rearranging the available resources to form a path. The game is characterized by the need for resourcefulness and flexibility from the players. The game levels illustrate that progress toward a goal does not always follow a straight path.
• Practiced Skills: Planning, Efficiency, Calculation, Persistence, Problem Solving, Analysis and Deduction and Following Move Order.

Self-Block Strategy

• Description: In this workout we will learn about a practical tool in decision-making called self-block. The purpose of this tool, which sounds counterintuitive, is to be used when we have a fear of withdrawing from a decision or goal. In order to keep us focused on the main target, this tool will be used to block paths that could divert our attention.
• Practiced Skills: Analytical Thinking, Decision Making, Analysis and Deduction, Calculation and Strategic Thinking.
• Content Type: Video

Understanding Constraints

• Description:In this workout we will discuss the importance of understanding our constraints. Understanding constraints is vital because they define the parameters within which decisions need to be made and problems resolved. The workout also presents a systematic method for analysing and understanding constraints.
• Leading Game:Treasure island
  Treasure island is a puzzle game requiring good planning. The objective of the game is to lead the pirate to the treasure in a given number of moves. Since the pirate walks to the treasure in the shortest possible way, the player needs to extend its route using the given barriers. In each game level, the board structure changes, as do the given barriers and the required number of moves to the treasure; hence, the difficulty level of the challenges can also be widely changed.
• Practiced Skills:Problem Solving, Following Move Order and Resource Management.

Stuck on an Escalator Video

• Description:The amusing video depicts a scenario in which two people react to an unexpected situation. However, instead of responding in a flexible and adaptive manner, they display inflexible behavior.
  Furthermore, through humor, the video highlights how our reliance on preconceived response patterns or habitual ways of reacting, which people develop over time based on past experiences and learned behavior, can lead to inappropriate reactions.
• Content Type: Video

Design Patterns – For Developers Video

• Description:This entertaining and illustrated video provides a comprehensive overview of design patterns and their benefits in the work of developers. It emphasizes how design patterns can simplify complex tasks, reduce development time, and improve the overall quality of the product.
• Content Type: Video