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
way polite
A question is a polite way of demanding something.
gratitude ungrateful negative
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.
creativity giving achievement
Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
data ideas analysis
The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas...
future analysis possibility
To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is.
gambling use statistics
The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.
two suits-you perception
Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you. You drag in some general-purpose value words. You throw in a sneer or two about the opposition, and you are a fine fellow who made a fine speech.
thinking brain perception
Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
simple thinking ideas
Some people are aware of another sort of thinking which... leads to those simple ideas that are obvious only after they have been thought of... the term 'lateral thinking' has been coined to describe this orther sort of thinking; 'vertical thinking' is used to denote the conventional logical process.
creativity thinking skills
Lateral thinking... is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.
funny-relationship loyal unreliable
I'm a very loyal and unreliable friend.
found thinker knows
The vertical thinker says: 'I know what I am looking for.' The lateral thinker says: 'I am looking but I won't know what I am looking for until I have found it.'
together analysis elements
Analysis is simplifying, breaking down things into parts, picking out strands and elements. Analysis is comparing unknown things with things that are known. Analysis also involves picking out relationships and putting them back together as a whole.
poverty
Do we have the will to make poverty history?