Master divergent and convergent thinking | Tiago Forte

Productivity expert Tiago Forte explains how to master two modes of creative thinking. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► Up next, How to double your brain power ► Author Tiago Forte believes that in today's digital age, people need a second brain to manage their knowledge. In other words, we need a personal system for collecting, organizing, and retrieving information from both physical and digital environments. Although many people spend hours of their day on digital knowledge work, most are not getting better at managing their information. Instead, they’re becoming increasingly overwhelmed. Forte suggests approaching knowledge work with a process that can be improved upon, through the concept of divergence and convergence. In practice, this means considering many options and then eliminating them, followed by creative and productive work. To maintain peace