The Lord of the RINGS

"Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can get on with creating the future."

— James Bertrand

Ring Toy

What do we have to do?

This is the million dollar question that all of us have all the time. This is where a manager is very important, he should be able to identify the problem first i.e. what is to be done. Most of the managers generally get this wrong. In this toy I am expected to remove the ring from the toy.

How do you remove the ring?

It might look complicated but the solution is actually very simple. The steps for removing the ring from the toy are listed below:

1. Push the ring up, above the slit in the toy.
2. Holding the ring up take one of the hanging wooden blocks and pass it through the slit onto the other side of the toy.
3. Pull the block which pushed onto the other side down, the ball for the same would be near the slit.
4. Pull the ring down below the ball.
5. Take the ring up and pass it through the slit from the direction opposite to the side having the ball. And  WALLA the ring can be removed from the other side.

As I said the solution was very simple while some of us were thinking about untying the ropes around the wooden block to remove the block system first and thereby the ring.

To put the ring back into the setup, the process would be the exact opposite of the one done before. The steps for this are listed below:

1. Pass the ball through the ring.
2. Tilt the ring and pass it through the slit.
3. Pull the ring up above the slit.
4. Remove the wooden plank, hanging on the same side of the other one but not having a ball along with it, through the slit.
5. Let go of the ring.

This will restore the setup to the same way as it was when we had initially started with it. So as was seen in this setup always the solutions to problems are simple. It's we who complicate things. Every problem can be solved creatively, this can be seen in the video attached below.

In the above video Costello successfully and creatively convinces Bud Abbott to agree that 7 * 13 =28. This is creative thinking.