ABOUT
EDWARD DeBONO – From the back
cover of Six Thinking Hats:
ÒEdward DeBono was a Rhodes
scholar (international award for study at a university) at Oxford and has
held faculty appointments at Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Harvard
universities. He has served as a consultant to many international
corporations, including IBM, Exxon, DuPont, Prudential, Procter &
Gamble, General Foods, Shell, BP, Monsanto, and Ford.Ó
SOME USEFUL QUOTES FROM EDWARD
DeBONNO:
ÒThe main difficulty of
thinking is confusionÉWe try to do too much at once. Emotions, information,
logic, hope and creativity all crowd in on us. It is like juggling with too
many ballsÉÓ
NOTES ON THE NEW ADDITION OF
THE BOOK FROM EDWARD DeBONO:
The books has been around for
14 years and the Six Thinking Hats method is being used around the world by
different ages and cultures.
Ò People are sometimes
hesitant about the hats and colors because they do not seem serious
enoughÉ.In practiceÉpeople realize they need the hats and colors as simple
mental hooksÉmuch easier to remember than complicated termsÉÓ
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