Analysis
Break the whole down into component parts.
Synthesis
Assemble the parts into the whole.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Synthesis goes across ABCDE
Analysis goes deep down a column
Know where you are on an issue!
Dalio, Ray. (2017). Principles: Life and Work. Simon & Schuster.
Further, we can see that such an un-structuring or destruction of many domains—to break the correspondence of each with its respective constituents—is related to deduction, analysis, and differentiation. We call this kind of un-structuring a destructive deduction.
Coram, R. (2002). Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War. Little, Brown and Company.