Lateral Thinking™
Dr de Bono's proven Lateral Thinking™ methods provide a deliberate, systematic process that will result in innovative thinking.
This leading-edge course will enable individuals to:
- Learn how to use specific tools and techniques to generate alternatives that go far beyond obvious solutions.
- Recognise that certain problems will never be solved by ever more elaborate analysis of existing information.
- Challenge current thinking to find new opportunities.
- Make innovative thinking part of your everyday work style.
- Learn how to think laterally!
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.
Course dates
For details of course dates please contact Nancy Rawlinson, Executive Administrator.
Lateral Thinking™ Techniques
Alternatives: How to use concepts as a breeding ground for new ideas. Sometimes we do not look beyond the obvious alternatives.
Focus: When and how to change the focus of your thinking. You will learn the discipline of defining your focus and sticking to it.
Challenge: Breaking free from the limits of traditional thinking. With challenges, we act as though the present way of doing things is not necessarily the best.
Random Entry: Using unconnected input to open up new lines of thinking.
Provocation and Movement: Generating provocative statements and using them to build new ideas.
Harvesting: Capturing your creative output. At the end of a creative -thinking session, we normally only take note of the specific ideas that seem practical and have obvious value.
Treatment of Ideas: How to develop ideas and shape them to fit an organisation or situation.