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This is the process through which creative intuition influences the selection of elements and the manner and proportion in which they are to be balanced - what is to be put together and how. In each of the following the configuration of elements tends to relate to an emergent focal point: Composing music; Painting a picture; Flower arrangement (Ikebana); Landscaping; Building and community design; Interior decoration; Designing a meal (or menu); Putting together a group a team, or an evening party; Writing a novel; Casting for a film or play.
[2. Managing dynamic situations:]This is the process whereby the relationships between a complex set of given elements is kept in focus. Examples are: Juggling; Leadership of a group (including use of charisma); Production of a show; Conducting a military campaign; Controlling a chemical plant; Scheduling railways, deliveries, etc; Making a party "go" (hosting); Conducting an orchestra; Gardening.
[3. Analyzing complex situations:]This is clearly oriented to understanding whatever can be analyzed irrespective of whether this leads to broader synthesis. Examples are: Operations research; Systems research; Cybernetics; Management research; Political analysis.
[4. Communicating synthesis:]This is the process whereby a sense of wholeness or unity among diverse parts is imparted to others, even if only as a symbol or token of what may later be achieved in practice: Environmental appreciation ("One Earth"); Art education; Art of speaking; Political commentator.
[5. Embodying synthesis:]Whereas each of the above is in some way a manipulation of synthesis, however necessary, there seem to be instances where a person acts as the focal point for synthesis and is so perceived by those whose interests are reinterpreted and focused in this way. Examples are perhaps: Spiritual leaders (including saints, gurus, and charismatic evangelists); Political heroes (including statesmen, military and revolutionary leaders); Cultural heroes (including pop-stars, film-stars).