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Letters to Thinkers: Further Thoughts on Lateral Thinking
Letters to Further Thoughts on Lateral Thinking
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First published September 24, 1987
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Edward de Bono
237 books1,154 followersEdward de Bono was a Maltese physician, author, inventor, and consultant. He is best known as the originator of the term lateral thinking (structured creativity) and the leading proponent of the deliberate teaching of thinking in schools.
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August 22, 2015
Right towards the end of lecture by Professor Eric Laithwait on gyroscopes, he mentioned a name that rang a bell and that was Edward De Bono, I recollected that I had one of his books collecting dust. Quickly, I leap towards my book stacks and there it was, Letters To Thinkers: Further Thoughts On Lateral Thinking, a book I was suspicious about and would probably never bother with. But now I was curious, and without fussing any further I lay down and proceeded to do the reading. But my enthusiasm was short lived, or better yet, it diminished gradually as I progressed through the first chapters, every page flipping confirmed my bias.
At the very introduction of the book written by Bono himself, he essentially rants over the negative view that certain reviewers had towards his techniques/methods and goes on to categorize people by what he calls "doers" and "describers", being that essentially describers are drawn towards complexity whereas doers are the "simplicity" driven types. He goes on to praise himself with subterranean remarks exemplifying with how his work has help high ranking employees from mega corporations with problem-solving and how those who didn't find his approach appropriate to be essentially "describers" whom, curiously, at the end of the introduction he calls simple minded.
At this point I'm holding my guard for what might be coming next. Curiously enough, however, his techniques are largely based and discerned from good and respected philosophical and psychological established conjectures and observations, and unlike most self-help authors ( yes this a self-help book) he doesn't seem to water down the original concepts, instead, he tries, so to speak, bundle up everything so as if to forge tools for the purpose of practical use as he himself claims. He states clearly that his purpose is to be practical and simple. And precisely because of that I lost interest towards the fourth chapter. I don't like formulas.
At the very introduction of the book written by Bono himself, he essentially rants over the negative view that certain reviewers had towards his techniques/methods and goes on to categorize people by what he calls "doers" and "describers", being that essentially describers are drawn towards complexity whereas doers are the "simplicity" driven types. He goes on to praise himself with subterranean remarks exemplifying with how his work has help high ranking employees from mega corporations with problem-solving and how those who didn't find his approach appropriate to be essentially "describers" whom, curiously, at the end of the introduction he calls simple minded.
At this point I'm holding my guard for what might be coming next. Curiously enough, however, his techniques are largely based and discerned from good and respected philosophical and psychological established conjectures and observations, and unlike most self-help authors ( yes this a self-help book) he doesn't seem to water down the original concepts, instead, he tries, so to speak, bundle up everything so as if to forge tools for the purpose of practical use as he himself claims. He states clearly that his purpose is to be practical and simple. And precisely because of that I lost interest towards the fourth chapter. I don't like formulas.
August 19, 2012
Leer a un mismo autor, con el tiempo, puede transformarse en hastío, sopor, tedio.
No me ocurre con de Bono.
Casi siempre tiene un mazo más para sorprender.
Los senderos de los caminos lejos de bifurcarse, se atomizan, catalizan, se interconectan.
Denuncia los profundos límites que nos autoimponemos.
Como una especie de autoflagelación, autoboicot que -puede durar toda una vida-.
De ahí a la alegoría de la caverna no hay muchos pasos que desandar.
En uno de los últimos capítulos, señala que el lenguaje es mesquino respecto a como percibimos la
realidad. Necesitamos crear nuevas palabras, no deformarlas, denigrarlas, jubilarlas.
El texto, obviamente, da algunas recetas: nada fuera de este mundo. Efectivas con su cometido.
Honesto, calificado, altruista podría catalogarlo al autor.
No me ocurre con de Bono.
Casi siempre tiene un mazo más para sorprender.
Los senderos de los caminos lejos de bifurcarse, se atomizan, catalizan, se interconectan.
Denuncia los profundos límites que nos autoimponemos.
Como una especie de autoflagelación, autoboicot que -puede durar toda una vida-.
De ahí a la alegoría de la caverna no hay muchos pasos que desandar.
En uno de los últimos capítulos, señala que el lenguaje es mesquino respecto a como percibimos la
realidad. Necesitamos crear nuevas palabras, no deformarlas, denigrarlas, jubilarlas.
El texto, obviamente, da algunas recetas: nada fuera de este mundo. Efectivas con su cometido.
Honesto, calificado, altruista podría catalogarlo al autor.
September 25, 2016
Con cada libro que leo de De Bono, comprendo mas el pensamiento lateral. En este libro usa muchos conceptos del pensamiento lateral explicados en otros libros desde un punto de vista mas pragmático orientado a directivos y profesionales en general.
Quizá lo mas importante de este libro es que, como todos los demás que leí (y supongo pasa lo mismo con los que todavía no leí) muestran un aspecto, un punto de vista particular que ayuda a entender su concepción de lo que es el pensamiento, la lógica, la lógica fluida (que es la lógica del pensamiento lateral), el pensamiento lateral, y la creatividad. En este libro como en el "Pensamiento creativo" habla de la creatividad. Esto le da coherencia a toda su obra, y hace que te de ganas de seguir leyendo libros de él.
Quizá lo mas importante de este libro es que, como todos los demás que leí (y supongo pasa lo mismo con los que todavía no leí) muestran un aspecto, un punto de vista particular que ayuda a entender su concepción de lo que es el pensamiento, la lógica, la lógica fluida (que es la lógica del pensamiento lateral), el pensamiento lateral, y la creatividad. En este libro como en el "Pensamiento creativo" habla de la creatividad. Esto le da coherencia a toda su obra, y hace que te de ganas de seguir leyendo libros de él.
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