Some restaurants are rearranged to get the customers to pay first
and then have food. Editing in movies is done by rearranging shots and footages
to make the movie more entertaining. “Rearrange” can be used as an innovation
tool to identify possibilities of changing set patterns and realigning it to
explore various solutions. Let us take the example of Olympic rings.
Olympic rings were designed by a Frenchman, Baron Pierre de
Coubertin in 1912; he is also the founder of International Olympics committee.
The five multicoloured rings stand for five continents, the interlocking
signifies unity between the nations. The five colours and the white background
of Olympic rings have at least one colour of every nation’s flag in them.
Now, without changing the meaning and spirit of the rings, think of
various ring arrangements. Some questions which can help us to change the
pattern are as follows:
Why two rings at the bottom? Why there are gaps between the top
three rings? Some people could think of as many as 20 different ring
arrangements.
Computer keyboard used by us is a good example of problem solving by
rearrangement. In 1860s the typewriter keys were in alphabetical order but it
had problems with fast typing. Letters used to get tangled and the typist had
to manually untangle the type bars. To solve the problem keys were rearranged
in QWERTY format (it is the sequence of the keys) to facilitate fast typing.
QWERTY is designed for English language after a lot of research. Layout of
computer keyboard is rearranged according to the country where it is used.
QWERTY layout is the most commonly used. QWERTZ layout is widely used in
Germany and much of Central Europe, AZERTY layout is used in France and
Belgium.
Ask any hotelier and they will tell you the importance of
rearranging buffet tables to suit the occasion. Cricket teams are rearranged
according to the playing conditions. Shopping malls rearrange their layout to
enhance customer convenience. Can you think of anything else which you can
improve by rearranging?
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