August 2010 Blog Posts (5)

can anyone out there let me know if lateral thinking has anything to do with these people who can instinctively rub and massage little boys heads.who have behaviour problems,to make them feel better?

There is a reason for having the Lateral Thinking tools, that is one of the value of formality. As Edward himself has said many times, people will often think they are using the tools when in fact they are not. Using the tools formally ensures that they are actually used. Similarly with the Six Hats or the CoRT and DATT tools.



As an example, many people suggest they used the red hat in a group setting by asking people what they feel about the issue. The red hat is about… Continue

Interested in seeing Dr De Bono present live in Cape Town? This could well be the last opportunity to engage with Dr De Bono in a public event in South Africa!

Join The Progress Conference for a discussion with Dr De Bono on the Evolution of Thinking - from Greatest Thinkers to Future Thinkers!

Dr Edward de Bono Live and in Person

14 October 2010, Cape Town, Old Mutual Business School

Presenting the…

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Our minds do the thinking before we think.The fixed set of beliefs in our mind do influence us in taking decisions before we actually apllly our mind to a problem. One such fixed mindset is our belief that we know all that is required to know and so there is no need for creative thinking to generate new options. How can we change this mindset of people not appreciating the need for creative thinking ? Demonstration effect is perhaps the best bet but what about hypnosis as a tool especially…

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I visited a local school open day yesterday and the ten year olds who showed me around seemed to know a lot of facts but I wondered whether they knew much about how things worked.

Edward de Bono often says that school kids should be taught how the corner shop works - but it seems very unlikely that this school would ever teach this. For example, at that school the five year olds learnt how to read from a computer connected to a website. But children taught to think would ask…

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