Thinking Master Keys Comprehension   Glossary Metaphor   Intelligence Insight Enlightenment     A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common.       The Power of Metaphorical Thinking "If I have been able to see farther than others, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants," said Isaac Newton. Metaphors can also serve as "shoulders of giants." Metaphoric solutions provide inspiring real-world insights and highersights. The creative impact of metaphors in creative problem solving, inventing and development of innovative strategies is enormous. Metaphors allow you to carry out your thoughts out into the unknown by using the known as a stepping stone.   Metaphoric Fruit-Tree Models Metaphoric KoRe 10 Innovative Thinking Tools (10 KITT) Icebreaker Marketing Wood-Screw Marketing SuperConscious Thinking       Example       Waltzing Up "Waltz up" means to approach and/or arrive in an iterative and elegant manner. The term uses the grace and flair of the waltz dance as a metaphor to describe the act of addressing challenges in a creative and positive way.       Waltz Up through Understanding to Liberation         Example of a Metaphoric Description The Innompiс Ecosystem is a global kitchen where innovators invent and cook innovative masterpieces together, creatively and cheerfully.         "The Sword of Damocles"  →  Example         Visual Metaphor A visual metaphor is an image that substitutes or combines one object with another to symbolize a concept, feeling, or idea, encouraging viewers to infer an implicit connection... More       Example This AImage is a visual metaphor showing how digital skills and mathematical thinking are rising in importance across tech, marketplaces and fintech, while traditional degrees and soft skills fade into the background       Examples of Metaphoric Teachings     Learn persistence from water: it doesn't stop flowing when it meets with an obstacle − it flows around it and keeps flowing until it reaches its destination. VadiK Inventor Author Founder Slides   Highersight   Notes Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At their death they are withered and dry. Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life. Lao Tzu Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. Socrates The way of God's Messenger is the way of Love. We are all children of Love. Love is our Mother. Rumi A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron. Joseph Stalin     How to use this information       ① "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." ~ Bruce Lee ② Sleep on this information – your powerful superconscious mind will tell you how to use it when you wake up   Slides   Trend-Creation Competencies   Notes