Learning to think well on your own is a challenge. Of course it’s achievable, but not without effort. And once you start trying to think along with other people, the challenge gets more interesting still. It’s not only your own brain you need to manage, but everyone else’s too.
When it doesn’t work, thinking with other people is frustrating, irritating, unproductive. We’ve all been there. However, two or more brains working in harmony can be far greater than the sum of their parts, and it’s a joy to be part of a group that thinks well together. Whether it’s you and your partner, your team at work, a social group or any other combination of people, several minds can generate ideas and solve problems that none of the individual members could have come up with alone.
I’ve discovered great ideas alongside other people where we genuinely had no idea who first thought of them because it was as if our minds almost melded together and created the ideas through some kind of fusion. And that’s what you’re after – ways of thinking that harness together your mind with others to produce results that will surprise and delight all of you. The Rules that follow will show you how to do just that.