No natural limit

Edward de Bono’s Message

There is no natural limit to traffic – which is increasing everywhere. There is no natural limit to communication which is also increasing rapidly. Read more

Why World Thinking is so Poor

Edward de Bono’s Message

My latest book ‘THINK before it’s too late’ was published at the beginning of July 2009. In this book I trace the history of Western Thinking.

First there were the GG3 (Greek Gang of Three).  When Greek thinking came to Europe at the time of the Renaissance schools, universities and thinking were in the hands of the Church.   Read more

Design in the curriculum!

Edward de Bono’s Message

Schools are all about knowledge and analysis. So are universities. Most human thinking is based on analysis which allows us to identify standard situations and then we can apply the standard behaviour or solution. This is like a doctor in a clinic diagnosing the disease and then prescribing the standard treatment.

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A different sort of Logic!

Edward de Bono’s Message

Our habits of thinking are too much judgement based and not enough design based. This arises from the origin with the GG3 (Greek Gang of Three). When this thinking came into Europe at the Renaissance the Church ran schools, universities and thinking in general. Read more

Now is the time for a revolution in economic thought

There was a very interesting piece by Anatole Kaletsky in the Times about how much of our current academic thinking on economics might be irrelevant and the paradigm shift that is necessary.  I think this is well worth a look.  Click here to read it. 

‘thinking to be a problem

Edward de Bono’s Message

Because we often consider ‘thinking’ to be problem solving we do not think much about matters which are not problems. If there is a wide open road ahead of us we do not stop to consider the side roads. This is what I call ‘blocked by openness’. Read more

Diversity – strength or weaknesses

I was at a very interesting breakfast seminar on diversity for the large London law firms recently.  This is a major (operational not legal) issue for them and now even some of their clients are starting to place specific expectations on them in the area of diversity.  The speaker was Linbert Spencer who is an outstanding speaker and one of the country’s leading experts in this area.

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How to make “Time for Thinking” in large organisations?

One very effective way to make time for thinking is to produce a Creative Hitlist.  This should be a mix of opportunities and issues e.g. 10 opportunities and 5 issues.  These are subjects on which you need to do some creative thinking and this approach brings the need for thinking to the forefront of your mind.

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