TY - BOOK AU - Edward De Bono TI - Lateral thinking: : a textbook of creativity SN - 9780241257548 U1 - 153.35 BON PY - 1990/// CY - London ; New York PB - : Penguin Books KW - Management KW - Creative thinking KW - Thought and thinking N1 - Introduction -- Use of this book -- The way the mind works -- Difference between lateral and vertical thinking -- Attitudes towards lateral thinking -- Basic nature of lateral thinking -- The use of lateral thinking -- Techniques -- THe generation of alternatives -- Challenging assumptions -- Innovation -- Suspended judgement -- Design -- Dominant ideas and crucial factors -- Fractionation -- The reversal method -- Brainstorming -- Analogies -- Choice of entry point and attention area -- Random stimulation -- Concepts/divisions/polarization -- The new word po -- Blocked by openness -- Description/ problem solving/ design -- Summary N2 - Through a series of special techniques, in groups or working alone, Edward de Bono shows us how to look at problems from a variety of angles and in so doing offer up solutions that are as ingenious as they are effective. After reading this book you will become a much more productive and formidable thinker ER -