Positive / Negative / Interesting Technique
PNI is the reduction of the words: Positive / Negative / Interesting. It is an Edward de Bono development of the well-known "profit and loss" used universally.
PNI is a basic decision technique
When you come across a decision, make a table with the columns 'Positive', 'Negative', and 'Interesting'.
In the Positive column, list all the positive points.
Then in the 'Negative' column list the negative points.
Finally In the Interesting column list the extended implications, positive or negative.
Don't go jumping from positive to negative, etc. Do the exercise sequentially.
Value your PNI
You can decide from your table or include a subjective score from 0 to 10 with positive numbers and from 0 to 10 with negative numbers.
Finally add the score and you will have a result that will tell you if your decision should be made in case of a positive number between 5 and 10 or if your decision should be avoided.
Example Should I move to the center of the capital or stay on the outskirts of the city?
| Positive | Negative | Interesting |
| More amenities (+1)
Easy to access various places (+3) Easy to see my parents (+5) |
More difficult to get a good job (-4)
More pollution and I'm allergic (-3) Not close to airports (-2) No garage (-3) |
I will meet new people (+2)
More trip to the office (-4) I must sell my old house with a lot of maintenance (+5) I will be able to take courses in my free time (+ 4) |
| 9 | -12 | + 7 |
Total = + 4 for which I should move
Example: Should I buy a new car?
| Positive | Negative | Interesting |
| More comfort (3)
Less fuel (3) Less maintenance (4) Best Family Use (3) More reliability (5) I take a weight off my mind (2) |
More secure (-3)
I must take time and effort to choose (-2) Old car sale (-2) Decisions like these disturb me a lot (-4) I will have to sacrifice departures and other expenses (-5) |
I can subtract part of the tax price (2) |
| twenty | -16 | + 2 |
Total = + 6 for which I must buy a new car
Example Describe a PNI for SHOES
POSITIVE
- It comes in different sizes, colors, formats, from the simplest to the eccentric, there are the closed ones that shelter and the open ones that ventilate the designers have to entertain themselves when creating they do not puncture you with splinters, nor do you nail anything that is going around Floors are used for all occasions, even if your fingers are loose or have patches, they awaken the spirit of a poet, when you press creativity, it emerges effortlessly, you can launch a thousand poems and stories about stars and make theories about the universe, they are a practical gift (write down my number en 42) they make the imagination fly when in comic movies they were used as anesthetics because of the faint smell and you laughed until you fell.
NEGATIVES
- They take out calluses and bunions when they squeeze they make you see the stars and all the constellations, and the witches' pots seem to be starting up as curse spells are sent to whoever sold them and to your own family they force you to cut your wings, it goes… precisely the fingers immersed in the piece of leather or plastic are shortened, leaving the freedom of movement appeased, how comfortable the aborigines walked barefoot! What pleasure children feel when running barefoot avoiding the challenges of mothers! What can be a game turns into a nightmare when they catch you and force them on if the nails are long they cause stabbing pain and they remove holes in the tips Bad smell, neither by ventilating they are silenced, nor by looking the other way it is possible to hide where the nauseating smell emanates from, they are expensive and the cheap ones are ……..Doubly bad they get holes on all sides, as if they were leaky soles and make the water gush from below, putting their feet like bubble gum. Children often break them for playing and having fun and mothers become the constant complaint of the behavior of the poor little angel who all he wanted was to play.
INTERESTING
- Some people develop great powers of imagination when they tell you "they fit like a glove" science fiction turned them into telephones, weapons and other unusual things how about if we develop smart shoes that warn you in some way when there is an obstacle in the way or When you can slip What if we make them self-sliding on smooth surfaces What if we make them discharge the static currents produced when walking on carpets Shoes with small motors that move you effortlessly With wheels like skateboards, but with a structure of clay shoes shoes to incorporate machetes for exams shoes agendas, keep keys,everything that gets lost in a jiffy and super colorful to attract attention and cause laughter with the possibility of a vent for hot times and with the possibility of heating for cold times. That is, the same shoe for different seasons.Shoes with support to support the rest shoe rest: light, padded, that massages your foot as you walk.All terrain shoes and with changes shoes with alarm against dangers, with sensors that reproduce different sounds in the face of street difficulties such as: potholes, loose tiles (avoid stains on clothes), etc… Composite shoes with wallet and suit for men and women.Let him massage your foot as you walk. All terrain shoes and with changes shoes with alarm against dangers, with sensors that reproduce different sounds in the face of difficulties in the street such as: potholes, loose tiles (avoid stains on clothing), etc…. shoes in compose with wallet and suit for men and women.Let him massage your foot as you walk. All terrain shoes and with changes shoes with alarm against dangers, with sensors that reproduce different sounds in the face of difficulties in the street such as: potholes, loose tiles (avoid stains on clothing), etc…. shoes in compose with wallet and suit for men and women.
Author:
Oscar Isoba is a chemical engineer dedicated to promoting creativity in education and marketing.
He is currently completing the edition of the book Generation and Development of Creative Ideas, which will be available free on the Internet for any user.
He is a project manager for an engineering and industrial works company.
He completed training at the Creative Problem Solving Institute of Chicago and the Polytechnic Institute of Monterrey, Mexico.
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