One on One - Edward de Bono - 10 May 08 - Part 2

[ClearOutSamskaras]

really painful interview. the interviewer constrained dialogue by being to obstinate about getting through his prepared list of queries, a real shame that. still, the interview did have some good info.

[nosequiters]

sorry read my comments from bottom to top i posted them the wrong way round

[nosequiters]

which i belive are nessacery for true creativity

I seem to be the only one giving any of the much neede debate, anyone care to agree or challenge me.

[nosequiters]

inventivness rarther than the exceedingly rare "avalanche of ideas" that many great or simply talented artists (in the broadest sense of the word so all stereotyipically creative professions) experience. Edward de bono is a scientist and a pioneer but not a creative person.

He has not put emphasis on: challenging the status quo, being time constrained, fasination with a subject, free association, a high degree of knowledge (broad and specialist), varyed inspiration, intelligence...continued

[nosequiters]

wrong im a highly creative muscian and what i consider the subconicious does a massive part of my creative thinking. the reason buisnessmen and mathmaticians may find de bonos idea correct is they are naturally mechanical and uncreative thinkers, so it may provide some use to them.

a very banal interview with little critical analysis of the merits of de bonos ideas. while i do not disagree with all de bonos ideas i belive they encourage ....continued next point

[super21g]

profusionconcierge . com

[yessir245]

I admire him. His website is great too.

[lazarush1980]

what books would you most recommend? i have just discovered him & im keen to know more:)

[elizbethwhalen]

I've got a couple, The Six Thinking Hats and Lateral Thinking, both of which have been very useful to me. I'd recommend both those together. I've just ordered Tactics, because I heard it was good. I hope it will be.

[lazarush1980]

thanks for your reply "elizabethwhalen" - can I ask - how did you go about reading & applying the techniques - I glanced through the penguin version of Lateral Thinking but it looked very complex - I watched a video on the 6 hats - very interesting - how would you recommend someone like me who is new to this sorta thing learn & apply it - did you find the books easy to read & understand?

[elizbethwhalen]

The Six Thinking Hats book is very easy to understand and apply. It is about how to organize your thinking, and includes lots of examples, almost all of which are in the context of a business meeting, but which can be easily applied by an individual or any other type of group.

Lateral Thinking explains how the mind works and then has many lateral thinking exercises. It's set up for a teacher to do the exercises with students, but you can easily do them on your own, or with friends.

[elizbethwhalen]

(Part II:) For the Six Hats, I apply them on my own by making a list of the hats on one side and then all the things that fall under them on the other side. It's helped me make some tough decisions!

I've just started working through Lateral Thinking, but one exercise I thought was interesting and easy to do individually was to take a story (newspaper, magazine, etc.) and rewrite it from another point of view. Or, rewrite it using all the same info but coming to a different conclusion.

[cfar004]

Il-kalzetti tqabbilhom mal-qalziet mhux mal-qmis. Ma tridx wisq hsieb biex taghmel dan.

[2wheelbri]

im so silly

hehehehe all my friends say im REALLY naughty and flirty. hehe *maybe* Dg

[raulitech]

His ideas work and hes not making a fortune out of it. I know one case in a diamond mine disagreements and violence reduced and the workers were more productive from them learning his thinking techniques.