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Provided by: Resources Unlimited Lateral Thinking from Edward de BonoCreativity and Innovation |
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Dr. Edward de Bono s Lateral Thinking methods provide a deliberate, systematic process resulting in innovative thinking.
Lateral Thinking will teach you how to think creatively, turn problems into opportunities, find alternative solutions, & dramatically increase your number of new and practical ideas using unconventional thinking techniques normally untapped by our usual ways of thinking.
Who needs Lateral Thinking?
Not only people who devise strategy or work in R & D, but anyone who wants a disciplined process for innovation, idea generation, concept development, creative problem solving, or a strategy to challenge the status quo.
If you face fast-changing trends, fierce competition, and the need to work miracles, you need Lateral Thinking.
The Lateral Thinking Techniques
Alternatives: Use concepts to breed new ideas
Focus: Sharpen or change your focus to improve your creative efforts
Challenge: Break free from the limits of accepted ways of operating
Random Entry: Use unconnected input to open new lines of thinking
Provocation: Move from a provocative statement to useful ideas
Harvesting: Select the best of early ideas and shape them into useable approaches
Treatment of Ideas: How to develop ideas and shape them to fit an organization or situation.
Benefits of Lateral Thinking
Constructively challenge
Find and build on the concept behind an idea to create more ideas
Solve problems in ways that don t initially come to mind
Use alternatives to liberate and harness the creative energy of the organization
Turn problems into opportunities
Select the best alternate ideas and implement them
Results at Organizations Using Lateral Thinking:
Prudential s Ron Barbaro (former CEO of Prudential-Canada) used Lateral Thinking to develop one of the most successful products for the insurance industry, Living Benefits.
DuPont benchmarked every creativity process on the market for its Creativity Center. Dr. David Tanner, former technical director of DuPont, says that the de Bono techniques were the most useful to DuPont. For example, an employee s $30 million suggestion the reengineering of a manufacturing process for Kevlar eliminated nine steps in the manufacturing process as a result of using Lateral Thinking techniques.
Lateral Thinking will teach you how to think creatively, turn problems into opportunities, find alternative solutions, & dramatically increase your number of new and practical ideas using unconventional thinking techniques normally untapped by our usual ways of thinking.
Who needs Lateral Thinking?
Not only people who devise strategy or work in R & D, but anyone who wants a disciplined process for innovation, idea generation, concept development, creative problem solving, or a strategy to challenge the status quo.
If you face fast-changing trends, fierce competition, and the need to work miracles, you need Lateral Thinking.
The Lateral Thinking Techniques
Alternatives: Use concepts to breed new ideas
Focus: Sharpen or change your focus to improve your creative efforts
Challenge: Break free from the limits of accepted ways of operating
Random Entry: Use unconnected input to open new lines of thinking
Provocation: Move from a provocative statement to useful ideas
Harvesting: Select the best of early ideas and shape them into useable approaches
Treatment of Ideas: How to develop ideas and shape them to fit an organization or situation.
Benefits of Lateral Thinking
Constructively challenge
Find and build on the concept behind an idea to create more ideas
Solve problems in ways that don t initially come to mind
Use alternatives to liberate and harness the creative energy of the organization
Turn problems into opportunities
Select the best alternate ideas and implement them
Results at Organizations Using Lateral Thinking:
Prudential s Ron Barbaro (former CEO of Prudential-Canada) used Lateral Thinking to develop one of the most successful products for the insurance industry, Living Benefits.
DuPont benchmarked every creativity process on the market for its Creativity Center. Dr. David Tanner, former technical director of DuPont, says that the de Bono techniques were the most useful to DuPont. For example, an employee s $30 million suggestion the reengineering of a manufacturing process for Kevlar eliminated nine steps in the manufacturing process as a result of using Lateral Thinking techniques.
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Lateral Thinking from Edward de Bono Seminar Schedule
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September, 2011 | ||||
| 19th Sep | Des Moines, IA | [Register] | ||
November, 2011 | ||||
| 14th Nov | Des Moines, IA | [Register] | ||
Lateral Thinking from Edward de Bono
How You Can Learn the Lateral Thinking Methods:
Attend a One- or Two-Day Lateral Thinking Seminar:
- Bring a Certified Lateral Thinking Instructor in-house to deliver a seminar at your organization.
- Attend a public Lateral Thinking seminar.
- Have us conduct an internal Lateral Thinking Certification at your organization.
- Attend a public Lateral Thinking Certification.
- Have us present a keynote or general session on creativity and innovation at your next conference. Call 515. 278. 1292 for details.
- Have us present an interactive 1- to 2-hour breakout session incorporating the Lateral Thinking tools.
About The Training Provider: Resources Unlimited
Resources Unlimited - Resources Unlimited is a woman-owned global training and management consulting firm founded in 1976 by CEO Barbara Stennes, CSP (Certified Speaking Professional). We deliver in-house, public, and virtual training seminars, facilitate meetings, and provide learning and development materials specializing in:
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