Authors: Edward de Bono
Think! (18 page)
I want to repeat, yet again, that I have no quarrel with our existing thinking systems. They are excellent and do their work very well.
'Excellent but not enough' has been the theme of this book.
We need to supplement our existing thinking methods with some additional thinking software.
We need a method for formal creative thinking: that is the lateral thinking methods.
We need a method for exploring a subject when argument is inefficient and inappropriate: that is the Six Hats method.
We need to pay a great deal more attention to perceptual thinking: that is the CoRT programme and the DATT programme.
We need to look at values more directly: that is the Six Value Medals programme.
There is also a book of mine about the Six Action Shoes
that seeks to clarify different types of action. I have not covered this method in this book.
There is also the new method of the Septine.
All these provide additional software for areas and uses that are not adequately covered by existing thinking software.
With computers, software is designed for a purpose – so is it with these additional methods.
No amount of logical searching for the truth will produce a new idea.
Our existing thinking is simply not good enough. While we are rightly concerned with the environment and with problem areas, we are far too complacent about our thinking – which is by far the most important of all areas.
There is a network of over 1,000 instructors and trainers worldwide who are accredited to the de Bono Thinking Systems. They have considerable experience in teaching my thinking to corporations. Thousands have been trained in this way around the world. Please contact
www.debonothinkingsystems.com
to be put in touch with the distributor in the country of your choice.
Should you wish to contact me directly regarding seminars and talks, the best way is through my assistant at: [email protected]
I am also setting up a club for individuals who are genuinely interested in the important matter of human thinking. This new club can be accessed through:
www.debonosociety.com
The de Bono Thinking Systems network can provide training in: Lateral Thinking; Six Hats; Six Value Medals; Simplicity; Focus on Facilitation; and DATT (Direct Attention Thinking Tools).
For information on the Thinking Curriculum that is used in schools, contact me directly at: [email protected]
For information on the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools, please contact Denise Inwood through:
www.blueskyskills.co.uk
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ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution)
AGO (aims, goals and objectives) tool
APC (alternatives, possibilities and choices) tool
purpose of
art
attitudes to improve perceptual thinking
brain
see also
mind
business
potential benefits of idea creativity
C&S (consequences and sequels) tool
CAF (considering all factors) tool
Church, historical influence on thinking
see also
religion
code system for complex situations
complex situations
CoRT (Cognitive Research Trust) programme
patterning systems in the brain
reasons for lack of attention to
satisfactory answers block progress
using commodities to offer new values
see also
idea creativity
critical thinking
excellence blocks search for alternatives
lack of creative and constructive thinkers
design
definition
education, potential benefits of idea creativity
FIP (first important priorities) tool
government, potential benefits of idea creativity
home, potential benefits of idea creativity
humour
hypothesis, possibility in science
idea creativity
definition
potential benefits for business
potential benefits for education
potential benefits for government
see also
creativity
improvement and simplification
judgement
language
code system for complex situations
inadequacy in complex situations
definition
random word tool for creativity
views of religions
logic
distrust of
see also
brain
movement (lateral thinking tool)
OPV (other people's views) tool
patterning systems in the brain
possibilities and alternatives
ways to improve perceptual thinking
PMI (plus, minus, interesting) tool
po
see
provocation possibilities
satisfactory answers block progress
progress
blocked by problem-solving approach
blocked by satisfactory answers
simplification and improvement
ways of setting up provocations
random word tool for creativity
religion
see also
Church
teaching about how the world works
simplification and improvement
systems behaviour, teaching in schools
thinking
future actions towards improvement
new thinking methods and results
reasons why thinking is so poor
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