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Lateral thinking?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by William Jack Jordan Aug. 27, 2009.
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Ellen,
This file may be useful, another perspective. It's PDF and is readable on any platform. I 'borrowed' the comparison from Edward.
Ellen,
I think everyone spontaneously thinks laterally from time to time, but as Linda is saying there are deliberate tools that can enhance the process.
I like the concept of serendipity, that is discovering something when you were looking for so…
Do you mean that lateral thinking is something everyone does innately? That de Bono merely came up with a name for it to describe and differentiate it and "train" it's deliberate usage?
It wouldn't be the first time that a discoverer looked at what…
Linda Laird said:Hi Ellen,
Perhaps if you have not done so you should start by reading 'Mechanisims of the Mind'
I'm holding an original Penguin of it right now and the title reads "The Mechanism of Mind".
Even E himself has gotten the title…
Hi Ellen,
I not sure how much you know about Edward's work, if I was to assume you are just learning, I would start by saying perhaps in some non deliberate way the mind falls upon ideas now and again (in hindsight things become logical). However,…
Well,
somebody lying down thinking about tonight's dinner might in a certain sense be "thinking laterally" ;-)
However, that's not what the term means. It does require training.
K
Are you telling me not everyone thinks laterally?!!
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- At 10:52am on March 27, 2009,
Linda Laird said…
- Hi Ellen,
Welcome to the debonosociety, we look forward to all your comments, contributions, blogs, uplinks etc.
Thanks
Linda
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