De Bono Thinking Systems have been taught to over 7.5 million students and children in over 30 countries and are now the most widely-used courses in the world for direct teaching of thinking in schools.
The teaching of 'thinking' as a skill really can be taught and learned.

Courses for education
All our courses increase both individual and group performance. A brief outline of each course is given below but click on the links to the right for more detailed information.

CoRT
Named after the Cognitive Research Trust established by Dr de Bono in Cambridge England, CoRT is a package of 60 lessons for the teaching of constructive thinking in schools from the age of 4 upwards. It is now the most widely-used course in the world for direct teaching of thinking in schools, including special needs, gifted, talented and deprived children and students.

Six Thinking Hats - Parallel Thinking - World class teamwork
A new language for teams and individuals which dramatically increases effectiveness by shifting our traditional approach of thinking about anything and everything at once to parallel exploration of a subject.

Lateral Thinking - Innovation and creativity
Provides a deliberate systematic approach that disrupts an apparent thinking sequence and enables you to arrive at solutions from another angle.

Focus on Facilitation
Shows you how to combine tools from three core De Bono Thinking Systems to become an expert facilitator for any kind of meeting.

Education solutions
In addition to the open courses shown in the course calendar, we can provide tailor-made training courses designed to meet. These include: innovation, knowledge-creation, coaching and consulting, organisational change, organisational design, change management, strategic planning, working with diversity, multi-cultural issues, managing risk, leadership development, strategic partnerships, team development, culture change, quality improvement, management and union negotiations, emotional intelligence, project management, organisational learning.

Who should attend
Head teachers, teachers (pre-school, primary, secondary, further education, vocational, adult, special needs) teacher trainers, careers officers, educational guides, advisors and curriculum leaders.