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what is divergent thinking?
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Divergent thinking is a creative process of exploring multiple ideas and solution alternatives. It involves expanding a current problem from several directions, generating many new and unique solutions while avoiding the trap of settling for the first or obvious response. It involves challenging the current state of thinking and coming up with alternative concepts. 

The idea is to use different techniques and tools to come up with as many possible solutions and variations of these ideas. This process is done in order to identify and assess the various solutions available, to select the one that best fits the requirements and needs. Divergent thinking helps create an environment in which ideas and new perspectives flow freely and the best ideas are identified. 
Divergent thinking produces many possible solutions for a given problem, which is why it is often used for creative tasks like product design and advertisement creation. It is an ideal method for problem-solving when many different solutions need to be explored and evaluated. 
By challenging current beliefs, assumptions and expectations, divergent thinking helps push the boundaries of innovation, exploring a broad range of options. It is essential in helping to generate breakthrough ideas and encouraging out of the box thinking. 

Divergent thinking also helps avoid getting trapped in a single solution when facing a problem. It helps to think “out of the box”, avoid tunnel vision and discover fresh ideas to solve complex issues.