Hello, I have been asked a few times what is Waterlogic. It is a very useful visual system for solving complex problems.
de Bono: "We need to be able to take things in at a glance. We need to know where to focus attention. Reading through narrative data is far too slow and cumbersome. Visual devices such as pie-charts are useful in illustrating data but is not the same as displaying data. A pie-chart will illustrate relative proportions but will not itself put the pie-chart in context. What we need is complete data, including context, at a glance. This needs to go beyond diagrams with lots of arrows. Some such diagrams are more difficult to understand than narrative data."
The 'flowscapes from the book 'WATER LOGIC' illustrate perpetual maps but again do not display data as such.
When approaching a complex problem, it is often difficult fo keep in mind the many factors involved and to retain a clear view of how they relate to one another. In the book Waterlogic de Bono puts forward a new method for problem solving.
De Bono contends that traditional logic is static, based on the solid foundations of 'is' and identity. In contrast to this traditional 'rock logic', he proposes 'water logic' which is based on 'to' and the flow of the mind: "What does this lead to?" as opposed to "What is...?" This new logic is surprisingly easy to learn and use, and results in a visual 'flowscape', which allows you to lay our and then look at your thinking.
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