Smart Thinking & Lateral Thinking (Edward De Bono)
(These are just my own "personal" summary to Edward De Bono smart thinking & lateral thinking materials where I have came across some of his books lately. (for my own reference) Please visit authorized Edward De Bono web sites if you are interested in these topics. http://www.edwdebono.com/) Lateral Thinking - 6 thinking hats White Hat - Based on hard data, facts, figures and numbers Red Hat - Based on hunch, gut feeling emotional point of view Black Hat - Pessimistic, sad & negative view but logical. Yellow Hat - Glad and possitive but logical view. Green Hat - Alternative, creative and sprouting new idea. Blue Hat - Step back and take care of process of thinking. Deciding hats to be used and summarize what have been thought. Critical Thinking - A way to minimize mistake in thinking. Creative Thinking Provocative Operation - Come up with an absurd idea. Then, think of "movement". Movement - Think of ways to make provocative operation / ran