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Edward De Bono is world famous in the field of creative thinking: he invented the concept of lateral thinking and his advice and ideas on thought and learning have been sought from world leaders and Nobel Laureates for over 50 years. He has written numerous bestsellers, including How to Have a Beautiful Mind and How to Have Creative Ideas. Together his books have sold over 1 million copies worldwide. — biography from Practical Thinking… (more)
Six Thinking Hats 652 copies, 9 reviews
De Bono's Thinking Course 589 copies, 7 reviews
How to Have a Beautiful Mind 372 copies, 3 reviews
Teach Your Child How to Think 289 copies, 1 review
The Use of Lateral Thinking 261 copies, 2 reviews
Simplicity 235 copies, 2 reviews
Mechanism of Mind 206 copies, 1 review
Teach Yourself How To Think 184 copies, 3 reviews
Think!: Before It's Too Late 183 copies, 2 reviews
Practical Thinking 164 copies, 1 review
Six Action Shoes 143 copies
Parallel Thinking 121 copies, 1 review
Po: Beyond Yes and No 117 copies, 1 review
How to Be More Interesting 116 copies, 1 review
The Happiness Purpose 93 copies, 1 review
Waterlogic 88 copies, 1 review
Edward De Bono's Mind Pack 80 copies, 1 review
New Think 71 copies
Wordpower 68 copies, 1 review
Future Positive 67 copies, 1 review
Super Mind Pack 38 copies
Why So Stupid? 32 copies, 1 review
Réfléchir vite et bien 7 copies, 1 review
Masterthinker 4 copies
Technology today (Editor) 3 copies
Creatividad 3 copies
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Edward de Bono (born May 19, 1933, in Malta) is a Maltese physician, author, inventor, and consultant. He is best known as the originator of the term lateral thinking and a proponent of the deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in schools. dward de Bono is regarded by many as the leading authority in the field of creative thinking, innovation and the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. He is equally renowned for his development of the Six Thinking Hats® technique and the Direct Attention Thinking Tools™ (D.A.T.T.™) framework.

Edward de Bono is the originator of the concept - and formal tools - of Lateral Thinking, which is now a part of language enjoying an entry in the Oxford Dictionary.
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