Search

 

 

   

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

 

 

 

Example of a Metaphor: Waltz Up with Challenges  

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

 

 

 

 

   

Examples of Metaphoric Teachings

 

 

 

Vadim Kotelnikov

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.

Vadim Kotelnikov, founder of 1000ventures - personal logo VadiK

Inventor Business e-Coach

Author Innoball

Founder Innompic Games icon

 

Slides

 

Highersight

 

Notes

 

Lao Tzu advice quotes teachings

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

 

Socrates Teachings

Education is the kindling of a flame,
not the filling of a vessel.

Socrates

 

Rumi quotes on love

The way of God's Messenger is the way of Love. We are all children of Love. Love is our Mother.

Rumi

 

Joseph Stalin quotes

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

  Metaphoric message on Life Roots by Vadim Kotelnikov

 

Slides

 

Trend-Creation Competencies

 

Notes