Edward De Bono

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May 19, 1933 in Malta

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Edward de Bono is a British physician, author, inventor, and consultant. He is best known as the originator of the term lateral thinking (structured creativity) and the leading proponent of the deliberate teaching of thinking in schools.

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Average rating: 3.68 · 3,208 ratings · 347 reviews · 113 distinct works

	Six Thinking Hats 3.79 avg rating — 1,295 ratings — published 1990 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Lateral Thinking 3.75 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 1970 — 11 editions	My rating:
	How To Have A Beautiful Mind 3.46 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	de Bono's Thinking Course: Revised Edition 3.83 avg rating — 111 ratings — 13 editions	My rating:
	I Am Right You Are Wrong: From This to the New Renaissance: From Rock Logic to Water Logic by Edward De Bono, Brian Josephson (Foreword by), Sheldon Lee Glashow (Foreword by) 3.95 avg rating — 74 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Think!: Before It's Too Late 3.37 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Simplicity 3.67 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	My rating:
	How to Have Creative Ideas 3.61 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Teach Your Child How to Think 3.63 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Serious Creativity: Using The Power Of Lateral Thinking To Create New Ideas 3.89 avg rating — 72 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:

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“Everyone has the right to doubt everything as often as he pleases and the duty to do it at least once. No way of looking at things is too sacred to be reconsidered. No way of doing things is beyond improvement.”
― Edward De Bono, Use of Lateral Thinking, the

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“If you never change your mind, why have one?”
― Edward De Bono

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“A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.”
― Edward De Bono, How To Have A Beautiful Mind

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