In Recession
Edward de Bono’s Message
In an economic downturn everything tends to shut down including our thinking. Any new idea suggests some risk and that is not acceptable. We believe that if we sit tight and batten down the hatches the storm will pass. Read more
‘truth’ and ‘possibility’
Edward de Bono’s Message
Yet again I return to the subject of ‘truth’ and ‘possibility’. Of course, in the end we want truth. We want something that works. We want real value. All those are types of truth. The question is how much time are we prepared to spend in the area of possibilities before fashioning, or finding, the truth. In education in general and in universities in particular, far too little time is spent with possibilities. This is because possibilities are regarded as far inferior to the truth. Possibilities are like doors into a room. Which is the more valuable: what you find in the room or the doorway that lets you into the room?
