PO

PO is a tool perfected by Edward De Bono and is a word used to protect delicate new ideas from destruction. PO1 PO1 is used to protect an impossible idea from immediate destruction. The tool used here to protect the idea is intermediate impossible. Example: Parking on Mount Road becomes a problem due to over crowding and lack of adequate parking space. You can use an intermediate impossible here: Drivers should be encouraged to park only on weekends. This can lead to the idea to provide parking spots for car on different days of the week. So each car would receive special facilities only on certain days of the week. This would encourage car pooling and a shift of leisure time activities to times when the congestion is less. The intermediate impossible helps to put a fence around an idea which is impossible, thus allowing it to develop without immediate attack.