I feel as though this might be Holistic.
Holistic Problem-Solving Style: looks at motivations
Linear Problem-Solving Style: looks at purposes
- The boy looks at why the line of vehicles are motivated to follow the speed limit.
- The guy in the sports car looks to speed up.
Holistic Problem-Solving Style: tries to see connections
Linear Problem-Solving Style: tries to gather evidence
- The boy sees the connection between the police officer and a douchey fellow in a sports car. They are like peanut butter and jelly. And he sees the connection between all the vehicles in the line and the police officer.
Holistic Problem-Solving Style: sets up conditions
Linear Problem-Solving Style: sets up requirements
- The boy creates a condition that is unbearable to the guy in the sports car.
- The girl talks about the requirements necessary to make the trip in time.
- The guy in the sports car must pass the cars to speed up.
Holistic Problem-Solving Style: determines the leverage points that can restore balance
Linear Problem-Solving Style: breaks a job into steps
- The boy thinks about what he can use to the maximum advantage: the doucheyness of people who drive Ferraris and a bored cop with no purpose. A marriage made in heaven.
- The girl starts to define the problem in a step by step mathmatical equation.
- The guy driving the sports car must pass the people blocking his way.
Interesting the equation is:
- police officer + line of semi-trucks = us going too slow + sports car behind us
He just reorders the equation.
Holistic Problem-Solving Style: seeks fulfillment
Linear Problem-Solving Style: seeks satisfaction
- The boy wants to fulfil the police officer’s needs.
- We all know the satisfaction of passing people on the road (even when we aren’t in a hurry.)
Holistic Problem-Solving Style: concentrates on “Why” and “When”
Linear Problem-Solving Style: concentrates on “How” and “What”
- The boy focuses on why and when the problem started.
- The guy in the sports car focuses on how and what he needs to do to fix the problem: pass them all.
Holistic Problem-Solving Style: puts the issues in context
Linear Problem-Solving Style: argues the issues
- The boy realizes that going faster isn’t the answer. Contextually, the answer is a pairing of two elements in the equation… not solving the equation.
- The guy driving the sports car argues the issue by honking his horn and swerving erratically.
Holistic Problem-Solving Style: tries to hold it all together
Linear Problem-Solving Style: tries to pull it all together
- The boy doesn’t fight the slowness, he embraces. He maintains his calm. He doesn’t force anything.
- The guy in the sports car pull (
) in front of all the other cars. He tries to force the people in front of him to speed up (honking). He tries to force past them.
I don’t know. Maybe that was just an exercise in semantics, but I wish I knew if this kid was a holistic or linear problem solver. I’d have to watch the movie for that.
He wants to go to the go to the college in question because the girl is going there. He gets accepted and she decides not to apply after an a interview that she perceives as having gone poorly. He then encourages her to hand deliver her application.
I didn’t watch the whole movie, I just skipped through to find this scene. However, I remember most of it. I should watch it again and try to storyfrom it.
He just seems like an emotionally driven MC. I feel as though he is holistic, but I’ll have to watch it again to be sure.
Also, I don’t see why a linear and holistic thinking can’t arrive at the same solution. It is more about the journey than the action.