The concept of lateral thinking is insight restructuring and this is brought about through the rearrangement of information. Where vertical thinking seeks to find one answer, lateral thinking aims to find as many alternatives as possible. Lateral thin...  Read More

With short, easy to read chapters full of lively examples, i recommend this book to all who desire to think outside the box. Some parts of the book are kind of hard to grasp at first sight but with many helpful exercises one always feels inspired afte...  Read More

The key to creativity is liberating oneself from existing patterns. De bono is a leading thinker in the field of the mind and creativity. Reflection on his arguments makes me always feel like a person who is being forewarned and consequently forearmed...  Read More

The author is very lucid. My only misgiving with the author is his seeming overemphasis of the use of tilde. Excellent - highly recommend. Kind regards, mario.

Edward de bono is the creator of lateral thinking. De bono contrasts lateral thinking to vertical thinking, which relies on the extensive use of the word no, exclusion and categorization. Lateral thinking is one of the seminal works on creativity.

The font is so small i can't bear to read more than a couple of paragraphs at a time. The kindle edition contains none of the apparently copious visual illustrations referred to throughout the book. Lateral thinking requires the ability to visualize, ...  Read More