Edward de Bono
Edward de Bono
Edward de Bono is a Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor and consultant. He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote the book Six Thinking Hats and is a proponent of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth19 May 1933
thinking quality our-future
The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future
memories book opportunity
One can think of a secretary actively operating a filing system, of a librarian actively cataloguing books, of a computer actively sorting out information. The mind however does not actively sort out information. The information sorts itself out and organises itself into patterns. The mind is passive. The mind only provides an opportunity for the information to behave in this way. The mind provides a special environment in which information can become self-organising. This special environment is a memory surface with special characteristics.
important precedence urgent
What is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.
preparation mind prepared
The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
art creativity emotional
In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression.
basketball education stars
Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
thinking ideas people
They enjoy thinking. They enjoy being creative. They enjoy having ideas. Most people do not enjoy thinking at all.
thinking order littles
Critical thinking does seem a superior sort of thinking because it seems as though the critic is actually going beyond the scope of what is being criticized in order to criticize it. That is only rarely a true assumption because, most often, the critic will seize on some little aspect that he or she understands and tackle only that.
important firsts doe
It is well known that "problem avoidance" is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream and alter the system so that the problem does not occur in the first place.
creativity imagination creative
There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all...
real reality perception
Perception is real even when it is not reality.
mean effort simplicity
Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
inspirational support world
A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.
simple perception why-not
The weapons of the positive revolution are not bullets and bombs but simple human perceptions. Bullets and bombs may offer physical power but eventually will only work if they change perceptions and values. Why not go the direct route and work with perceptions and values?