Lateral thinking is a creative skill from which all managers can benefit enormously.
Innovation and creativity can be boosted significantly by using the formal skill of lateral thinking, pioneered by Thinking Managers’ Edward de Bono. One of the world’s foremost management thinkers, De Bono shares his knowledge on lateral thinking in the articles below.
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Business Alternatives: Don't get 'blocked by openness' - find business alternatives through lateral thinking - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Creative People: Are we as creative as we'd like to think we are? - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Perceived Value: When considering value, perception can be as important as reality - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Creativity and Difference: Just because something is different doesn't make it creative but movement can be achieved by focusing on the difference - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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True Creativity: Make sure your business ideas are based on true creativity and not 'crazitivity' - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Concepts and Imagination: Contrary to popular believe, concepts and imagination do not necessarily go hand in hand - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Managing creativity: Appointing a champion of ideas to oversee the creative aspect of business - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Creativity and the Future: Why there will be a greater need to take creativity and ideas more seriously in the future - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Trained to Think: To get the most from creativity, you need to be trained to think the right way - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Training in Creativity: Fear of standardisation, pride or scepticism shouldn't be obstacles to seeking training in creativity and lateral thinking - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Business Thinking Methods: Learning the skill of thinking with the help of formal methods and training - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Creativity and Business: Why combining creativity and business is not just the preserve of 'weirdos' - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Challenges in Business: Meet one of the biggest challenges in business and tackle the sacred cows of accepted practice - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Creative Thinking: Learning the skills of creative thinking through the teaching of formal tools - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Creativity and Management: A business not using creativity is under-using its assets - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Assessing Business Ideas: How to select the best ideas for implementation - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Business Opportunities: To make the most of your business opportunities, look for value, actuality and practicality, in that order - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Concepts and Possibility: Expand your range of concepts and discover the richness of possibility - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Concepts Department: How about a new department for Concept R&D? - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Change in Management Thinking: How to change the way people are thinking in management - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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New Thinking for the New Millennium: It's time for a design-oriented thinking system - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Design and judgment: Why we need to change our emphasis from judgment to design - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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The New Thinking: The next step in evolution will be a development of thinking - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Value and creativity: Without value, creativity is useless - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Ideas matter: Implementation without ideas is worth less than ideas without implementation - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Risk: Perceived risks should not hamper creativity - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Parallel Thinking: The Six Hats method - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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New Business Ideas: To search for genuinely new business ideas, change the 'flavour' - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Technical Creativity: Lateral thinking and provocation have their uses in the most technical of fields - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Business Reassessment: Don't rule out a rethink and undertake a full business reassessment through lateral thinking - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Business Ideas on Demand: How formal tools can deliver creativity fast - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Lateral Thinking: Deliberate tools can help you learn the 'game' of lateral thinking - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Creativity Myths: Don't get fooled into thinking creativity is for the talented few - Thinking Managers by Edward de Bono and Robert Heller
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Openness and problem solving by Edward de Bono at Thinking Managers
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Creativity, company culture and natural talent - by Edward de Bono at Thinking Managers
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Provocation and lateral thinking - by Edward de Bono at Thinking Managers
