Ready-made thinking guides
Develop ideas
Futurelab
A blank thinking guide where you can create your own from scratch
Futurelab
Create lots of ideas around an issue then turn ideas into actions
Futurelab
Investigate evidence and other views then make new ideas
Futurelab
Get to the heart of the issue then look for new ideas
Futurelab
Think about the way an issue may develop in the future
Solve problems
Futurelab
Think through a question and identify supporting evidence
Futurelab
Work backwards from the ideal future to a realistic present
Futurelab
Scope a problem by identifying what it is and is not
Futurelab
Reverse a problem to stimulate new thinking when stuck
Futurelab
Explore a problem by digging down to its roots
Explore
Futurelab
Think through the consequences and knock-on effects
Belle Wallace
Helps you think about and communicate any topics, issues or problems
Futurelab
Question everything you read, hear and see
Futurelab
Make comparisons between two topics
Futurelab
Seeing things as they are experienced.
Analyse
Futurelab
This thinking guide will help you to plan your enquiry
Futurelab
Sort out the facts from the opinions about a particular topic
Futurelab
Establish what you want to know
Futurelab
Substitute, combine, adapt, modify, rearrange
cxpartners
What changes would you make? Analyse a particular situation
Different perspectives
Futurelab
Examining a topic through a variety of different lenses
Futurelab
Analyse from different perspectives - local to global
Futurelab
Evaluate by identifying pluses, minuses and interesting points
Futurelab
Examine things from a variety of perspectives
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