Convergent Thinkers vs. Divergent Thinkers: Is One Better Than the Other? verybody is capable of both convergent and divergent thinking, depending on the situation. However, it’s natural to lean more toward one or the other when approaching problems and projects. “Some people have a natural preference for divergent thinking. They are the people in organizations who love to come up with new ideas,” says Manning, “They are also the people who are most useful when solving daunting, complex challenges because they are more likely to articulate ideas that are new and useful.” The real issue lies in becoming too reliant on one method of thinking. “Too much divergent thinking can lead to endless ideation and no solutions. Too much convergent thinking can lead to no new ideas and ‘analysis paralysis,’” Project Management and the Lure of Convergent Thinking That’s a trap that project management professionals—who are notoriously married to their plans and processes—can fall into easily. Let’s break this all down with some examples. Divergent thinking starts with an objective—perhaps you need to generate 1,000 new leads within a month. You start by brainstorming creative ideas and solutions to satisfy that goal: happy hours with famous speakers, direct mailers including $100 gift cards, a man in a gorilla suit on the corner of Times Square. From there, you move into evaluating those options and settling on the one(s) that works best. This is an example of convergent thinking. Let's continue later today on this topic and explore it further. See you soon.

Today we are talking about pronunciation, specifically what happens to T's at the ends of many words. This is a response to a student's question. Please comment or message me with questions for me to cover in future episodes! Here are all the words and phrases I talk about today. All of them usually have a "stop" (a stopped sound) instead of a full T sound. I have added some others which are common to the end of the list. Almost all words that end in a vowel sound followed by a T drop the T and make it a stop: cat hot that flat part short and sweet What do you think about that? Did you get it right? Extras (in no particular order): about out but without put not rot butt nut despite kite right alright etc. There are many, many words light these. Comment some below! Have a great week everyone! See you again soon!

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What is the Difference Between Divergent and Convergent Thinking? “Divergent thinking is the process of coming up with new ideas and possibilities—without judgment, without analysis, without discussion. It is the type of thinking that allows you to free-associate, to ‘go big’ and to discuss possible new ways to solve difficult challenges that have no single/right/known answer,” Think about a brainstorming session, where you sit down to discuss what company problem needs to be solved next. People are throwing out all sorts of suggestions—even ones you know at first glance are unfeasible. That’s divergent thinking. You’re spitballing ideas without any rules or restrictions. Now that you have that long list of lofty ambitions, what happens next? In an ideal world, it’s convergent thinking.

Convergent Thinking vs. Divergent Thinking: Why Planning Isn’t Always the Right Thing to Do You’re overseeing a project and have all the pieces in place. Your detailed timeline is mapped out. You’ve set expectations with leaders and team members. You’re prepared to keep all the deliverables organized. Halfway through the project, a team comes to you with a suggestion—they think they’ve found a better way to handle a piece of the process. Your stomach drops into your shoes. You’re the taskmaster. The organizer. The keeper of the schedule. This change in direction will only throw a wrench into the flawless plan you spent hours agonizing over. Even if it is a better way to go, you’re cringing at the idea of straying from your beloved system. Sound familiar? It’s a common scenario for project managers. When you’re the one who’s solely responsible for keeping everything on track, it’s understandable that you’ll white-knuckle your tried and true processes. But, think about this: You may be limiting the wiggle room team members need to take that project to the next level. By planning away every last inch of flexibility, you’re making it that much tougher to adapt to new information and evolving demands. So, what do you do? It’s time for project management professionals to not only think of themselves as the keepers of plans, but also the ones responsible for pulling the very best out of teams. To do so, they need to encourage and enable both pieces of the creative problem-solving process: divergent thinking and convergent thinking.

Listen to the ancient Egyptian legend of Osiris. Vocabulary: anthropoid- shaped like a human Osiris- god of the underworld Isis- ancient Egyptian goddess Horus

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English is a broad and beautiful language which is always evolving. Over time, people assign different meanings to the same word or they create new words which can be known as slang. Slang is informal and used in speech rather than writing. Here, I have put together some words you might hear when speaking with native British English speakers.

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