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Ali Sumner
CEO, Australia
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What is Lateral Thinking?
I would like members comments on Edward de Bono's statement:
" Anyone can be a lateral thinker, this does not imply they use lateral thinking.
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Carlos Raul Magnante
Business Consultant, Italy
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An Essential Approach to Evolution
I completely agree with De Bono, and I'd like to look at the "reverse sense" of his statement. Can I assume that, whenever I act as "lateral thinker", I'm able to abandon the "linker thinker" approach?
Linear thinking links my past to the future, so the only way I know to introduce changes goes through lateral thinking, which breaks with the past.
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Jacob Andrews
Entrepreneur, United Arab Emirates
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Tool for Creativity & Innovation
Lateral Thinking and Brainstorming are two management tools for creativity and innovation in modern management.
Edward De Bono’s (1990) notion of “lateral thinking” and Tom Peters' and Robert Waterman's (1982) argument of entrepreneurship and innovation could occur when the management is ready to give freedom to create innovation and ready to accept both good results and mistakes.
These theories are somewhat against the bureaucracy. The team needs to think differently from the current flow. In short, they need to swim against the current odds.
Ideas are arrived at through the attempt to break free from current ways of thinking, by restructuring existing patterns of information in the mind and by exploring alternative and novel ways of viewing a situation, problem or object (courtesy to University of Leicester).
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Francisco Quintal
Business Consultant, Mexico
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Is There Any Difference?
Ali's original request was for commenting on the basic De Bono's statement:... Can a person "be" a lateral thinker and y...
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lenworth grandison
Jamaica
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Lateral Thinking from Multiple Angles
Lateral thinking would be to consider everyone's idea, from the CEO to the lowest level of employee, to achieve the obje...
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Konopatov S.N.
Professor, Russian Federation
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Widened Management
Problems solving is about variation, insight and selection. Lateral Thinking is about variation in problems solving, mor...
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Montse Julibert, Spain
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Many Creative Solutions
You can find many good solutions for only one problem or need. It's simply using lateral thinking to find many creative ...
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Ali Sumner
CEO, Australia
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Lateral Thinking according to De Bono
Thank you for your comments. I believe De Bono, as the inventor of the term 'lateral thinking' and the tools/processes o...
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Henry Velasquez
Business Consultant, Colombia
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Consider how Children Solve Problems
Really we have different ways to solve problems along our lives, but several factors stop us from enjoying problem solvi...
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Angel E. Lozari, Jr.
HR Consultant, Philippines
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From Lateral Thinking to Linear Thinking and Back!
Indeed when we were kids, we naturally used Lateral Thinking. No limitations, no rules, no theorems to conform to. If a=...
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Vijay Jassal
Entrepreneur, India
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Lateral Thinking as an Aptitude
Dear Ali, I agree with what De Bono says, as even my experience more often has been that "Lateral Thinking is more of an...
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Ali Sumner
CEO, Australia
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We Naturally Used Lateral Thinking, But Were Trained to Use Linear
@Vijay, I think you may find when you read De Bono's books that it is the other way around - we naturally use linear thi...
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SANDEEP KUMAR K
Project Manager, India
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Lateral Thinking is Intuitive
In my opinion, it is an intuitional way of thinking where we think out of the way (similar to brainstorming, but not str...
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Ali Sumner
CEO, Australia
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Lateral Thinking is NOT intuitive
Hi Sandeep - I think you are referring to being a 'lateral thinker' not using lateral thinking. There is nothing intuiti...
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breath
Student (University), Nigeria
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Lateral Thinking Can Be Learned
Dear Ali, when lateral thinking was introduced in 1967, it was aimed to destroy the old established ways of thinking and...
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Sandy Andrew, South Africa
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Lateral Thinkers in South Africa
I coach marketing interns in the most exciting country in the world, where - as a result of the collapse of apartheid - ...
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Mario Compagnoni
Investor, South Africa
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Born and Made
Hi Sandy. I have been in South Africa, best country in the world, for nearly 50 years. I think creative thinking is infl...
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Blokland
Partner, South Africa
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Conditions for Lateral Thinking
Hi Sandy and Mario, I agree with both of you! The reason why there are so many lateral thinkers / out-of-the-box approa...
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Bantwal Prabhu
Teacher, India
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Solving Complex Problems in a Simple Manner
Lateral thinking is finding a solution to a complex problem in a simple way.
It is similar to offering radical methods,...
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R J Lozada
Management Consultant, Venezuela
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Lateral Thinking Opens our Mind
Lateral thinking fractures the common sense, logical and structured reasoning we have learned and used to analyze and so...
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Madan Gopal Agarwal
Business Consultant, India
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Lateral Thinking can be Acquired
I agree with Bono's above mentioned statement.
Also, it is a skill which can be acquired and, when applied frequently, ...
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Eurely Jose Credidio
Consultant, Brazil
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Lateral Thinking as a Systematic Approach
Lateral thinking is a way to organize our thoughts over a problem. It is a path to structure situations that our minds f...
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Anthony
Consultant, Malaysia
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Fear for Lateral Thinking
I quite agree with Ali Sumner (Australia). Anyone can be a lateral thinker but they may not be using it, or not in a del...
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Mohd Arshad
HR Consultant, India
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Multiple Ways to Perceive a Problem
De Bono's lateral thinking gives an idea to see the problem in multiple ways from different perspective, and enable us t...
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Konopatov S.N.
Professor, Russian Federation
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Lateral Thinking is Near Chaos
Lateral thinking... Is it is disciplined thinking, or indisciplined thinking?
Both, but both are beyond limits of gener...
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Steven Smith
Business Consultant, United States
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My Approach
I used to use circular reasoning when trying to solve a problem until I straightened out and began to think horizontally...
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Konopatov S.N.
Professor, Russian Federation
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To Steven Smith
Circular reasoning - it meant that you can't come out of circle, you can't find solution, and go rond and round. It's hi...
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Tebboub Abdelamelk
Professor, Algeria
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What is Lateral Thinking?
When we say that lateral thinking is using different ways of perception, we mean that there is no correct answer, we hav...
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Jagdish B Acharya
Consultant, India
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Using Goes Beyond Thinking
Bono says "Everybody can be a lateral thinker" and that is OK because one can learn how to think laterally and find new ...
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Stephanie Douglas, Canada
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Lateral Thinking - So Now it Has a Name!
Since I was about 14 years-old, I've questioned teachers, university professors, co-workers on why problem solving or th...
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Ali Sumner
CEO, Australia
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Lateral Thinking - So Now it Has a Name!
Hi Stephanie - I've been reflecting on the statement I started this conversation with: "Anyone can be a lateral thinker ...
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Benjamin Ocansey, Ghana
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Lateral Thinking is Not Always Appreciated
Most solutions to the world's problems and discoveries came out of lateral thinkers. But present day educators are avers...
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Ivan Kohlinsky
Management Consultant, United Kingdom
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Teaching Lateral Thinking
I don't think that one can teach lateral thinking, as someone has suggested, but one can warn people about thinking in s...
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I.G.Uwaifo
Student (University), Switzerland
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Similarity Lateral Thinking and Real Options
Lateral thinking according to Edward De Bono, in a very simple definition means besides a known solution for a problem, ...
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Ali Sumner
CEO, Australia
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Lateral Thinking is Deliberate Breaking of Patterns in Our Brain
Hi - I am interested in people's comments regards Edward De Bono's description of lateral thinking when he first invente...
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Bantwal Prabhu
Teacher, India
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Relationship and Patterns
Lateral thinking leads to a thought process which looks at and understands the behavior of systems through relationships...
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Firstep Eapl Astimen
Manager, Indonesia
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Lateral Thinking and Knowledge Value Creation
Lateral thinking is aligned with knowledge value creation from data, information, capacity to act (knowledge) and wisdom...
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Mario de Obaldia, United States
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Evolution versus Revolution
Angel (15th responder) tried to tell us the answer - but, since we are already 'infected' with adult-think, w...
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Kasthurirangan A
Business Consultant
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Lateral Thinking Definition
Lateral thinking" is a way to think creatively to achieve the best solution towards a win win situation. All of us must ...
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dare Akinlawon
Manager, Nigeria
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Lateral Thinking - Critical Thinking?
I think lateral thinking is critical thinking! It's easier to think laterally with the mind of a child (that sees nothin...
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Muhammad Idrees Burhan, Pakistan
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Unique Power of Mind
Analytical mind is that part of our brain which performs the function of judgment over every input it receives. But here...
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Bhagwan Singh
Teacher, India
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Linear Was Lateral
In my opinion, all the inventions, discoveries or creations are the outcomes of lateral thinking approach. Yesterday's l...
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Konopatov S.N.
Professor, Russian Federation
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On Lateral and Opposite to Lateral Thinking
The thought is known that any witty remark is a marriage of two concepts which before wedding even weren't familiar - ex...
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Konopatov S.N.
Professor, Russian Federation
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On Extravagant Mixes
Any strong (original, genial) solution of a problem is an extravagant mix. Obviously, such extravagant mix - is always t...
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Alan hopwood
Business Consultant, United Kingdom
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Lateral Thinking - a Simple Description
Linear thinking usually provides the right answer. Linear thinking is born of our logic and experience. It is the same e...
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Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
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Lateral Thinking Kids
A brilliant idea initiated by Dr. De Bono. Back home, in Pakistan, I've seen young kids, barely 8 - 10 years old, workin...
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Konopatov S.N.
Professor, Russian Federation
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On Routine Thinking
Opposite to lateral thinking is routine thinking (thinking based on a template) – e.g. a «management methodology» or a «...
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Ali Sumner
CEO, Australia
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Lateral Thinking Tools to Solve All Problems
Hello Konopatov S. N, in my experience using authentic lateral thinking tools for 21 years I have not had a high level o...
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Konopatov S.N.
Professor, Russian Federation
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Lateral Thinking is and Will Be the Exception
Therefore lateral thinking can't replace routine thinking and become a rule. It was, is and it will be rather the except...
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Ali Sumner
CEO, Australia
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Lateral Thinking is Moving Across Patterns
If lateral thinking is an abstraction that does not exist in real life then I am wondering where this definition has com...
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Madan Gopal Agarwal
Business Consultant, India
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Lateral Thinking Revisited!
For Ali Sumner, Konopatov S N and all others - De Bono says that there are basically two types of thinking processes - o...
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Mario de Obaldia, United States
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It's Too Late - Think!
In the definition employed by Ali, Dr. Bono's invention is on paper (books); it has sets of patterns to be followed (con...
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George Pitagorsky
Consultant, United States
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Anyone Can Be a Lateral Thinker and it Doesn't Rely on Lateral Thinking.
De Bono is wise to recognize the difference between the lateral thinking method and the experiential open-mindedness tha...
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Ibrahima Diallo, United States
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Thinking Divergently
It is refraining to think in a single mindset, deriving to an answer rather lateral thinking is about thinking divergent...
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George Pitagorsky
Consultant, United States
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Lateral Thinking is Moving Across Patterns
I agree with Ali Sumner. The ability to alter or simply eliminate patterns, mental models and any conditioning that inhi...
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Konopatov S.N.
Professor, Russian Federation
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Lateral Thinker, But not Using Lateral Thinking?
Whether there can be such persons who are lateral thinkers, but are not using lateral thinking?
Yes! The one who uses ...
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Andrea Kelly, Jamaica
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Lateral Thinking Needs training but is Not an Invention
I agree in that we may have to be trained to think laterally. However, I do not agree that lateral thinking is an invent...
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Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
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Lateral Thinking & Maria Montessori
@Ali Sumner:
If you wish to see Bono’s Lateral Thinking at work, visit a kindergarten or montessori kids group at play....
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Ali Sumner
CEO, Australia
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The Difference Between Being a Lateral Thinker and Lateral Thinking
@Andrea Kelly; @Arif Ur Rehman :
Once again I think you are confusing the concept of being a 'lateral thinker' with usi...
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Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
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Fusion of the Lateral Thinker & Lateral Thinking
@Ali Sumner:
A lateral thinker hand-in- hand with lateral thinking is very often found in young uneducated, untrained ‘...
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Gary Wong
Consultant, Canada
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Use Lateral Thinking to Challenge a System to Repair Itself
@Arif Ur Rehman: Arif: I'm interested in learning what method the young mechanics followed, if they are uneducated and u...
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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
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Lateral Thinking and Thinkers
@Ali Sumner: I am still not clear about the difference between the thinking and thinker aspect. Secondly, how is such st...
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Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
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Let's not Get Lost in Circles!
@Andrew Blaine: It’s random reasoning I am playing with. If I remember correctly it was Pascal who once said,” The heart...
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