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An edition of Thinking course (1982)

De Bono's Thinking Course

  • 3.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 48 Want to read
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Edward de Bono shares his latest observations and insights on:
• critical thinking—and how it is not inherently creative or productive
• perceptions—their importance in the thinking process, and how to broaden them
• the tool method—how to apply different modes of thinking to a variety of situations
The revised edition also includes new exercises for de Bono's various thinking tools, including the CAF (Consider All Factors) and the AGO (Aims, Goals and Objectives), all specifically designed to hone ones thinking skills.
[Quoted from the front jacket flap.]

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De Bono's Thinking Course
1994, Facts on File
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De Bono's thinking course
1994, BBC Books
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De Bono's Thinking Course
March 1988, Facts on File
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De Bono's Thinking course
1985, Facts on File
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De Bono's Thinking Course
1985, BBC
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1982, BBC
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Table of Contents

Author’s Note. V
Thinking as a Skill. 1
Intelligence and Genes. 2
Intelligence and Education. 3
The Intelligence Trap. 4
Learning Teaching and Teaching Thinking. 6
The Thinker. 8
Self-image. 9
Think Slowly. 10
The PMI. 11
Scan. 15
Interesting. 16
Use of the PMI. 17
Practice. 18
Alternatives. 21
Easy Alternatives. 22
More Difficult Alternatives. 24
The Real Difficulty. 25
Beyond the Adequate. 26
The APC. 28
Explanation. 29
Hypothesis. 29
Perception. 30
Problems. 30
Review. 31
Design. 31
Decision. 32
Course of Action. 32
Forecasting. 32
Practicality. 33
Perception and Patterns. 35
Perception. 36
Crossing the Road. 40
Pattern Making. 41
How Patterns Are Formed. 42
The Use of Patterns. 45
Recognition. 46
Getting It Wrong. 46
Abstraction. 48
Grouping. 49
Analysis. 49
Awareness. 50
Art. 50
Exercise. 50
Lateral Thinking. 53
Pattern Changing. 54
Humor. 55
Hindsight and Insight. 57
Creativity and Lateral Thinking. 57
Lateral Thinking as Process. 59
Judgement and Provocation. 60
The Word “po”. 62
The Steppingstone Method. 63
The Escape Method. 65
The Random Stimulation Method. 67
General Use of Lateral Thinking. 69
The Logic of Lateral Thinking. 70
Information and Thinking. 71
Operacy. 73
Experience Scan. 73
CAF. 74
C & S. 75
Dense Reading and Dense Listening. 76
Logic. 78
Getting More Information. 79
Questions. 79
Experiments. 81
Selecting Information. 82
FI-FO. 83
Two Uses. 83
Other People. 85
Exlectics. 89
EBS. 90
ADI. 91
Logic‐bubbles. 93
OPV. 95
Constructive Design. 98
Negotiation. 99
Communication. 100
Emotions and Values. 103
Gut Feeling and Thinking. 103
Emotions at Three Points. 105
Changing Feelings. 107
Values. 108
HV and LV. 109
Value‐laden Words. 111
Awareness. 113
Making Decisions. 115
Decision Preframe. 116
Generation of Alternatives. 117
Values and Priorities. 117
The Dice Method. 118
The Easy Way Out Method. 118
Spell‐out Method. 119
Balaam’s Ass Method. 120
The Ideal Solution Method. 121
The Best Home Method. 122
The “What if…?” Method. 123
The Simple Matrix Method. 124
The Full Matrix Method. 126
The Laziness Method. 127
Decision Postframe. 128
Emphasis on Fit. 129
Thinking and Doing. 131
Operacy. 132
Three Ways of Doing Things. 133
Setting Objectives. 134
AGO. 135
Targets. 136
Strategy and Tactics. 137
Courses of Action. 138
If‐box Maps. 139
Planning. 141
The Terrain. 142
People. 142
Risks. 143
Constraints. 143
Resources. 143
Future. 143
Business and Daily Life. 144
Deliberate Thinking. 145
Deliberate. 146
Focused. 146
Confident. 147
Enjoyable. 147
Self‐Image. 148
Time Discipline. 149
Harvesting. 149
Thinking about Thinking. 150
The TEC Framework. 151
The 5‐Minute Think. 153
Symbolic TEC. 157
PISCO. 157
Symbolic PISCO. 158
TEC‐PISCO. 158
Deliberate Practice of Thinking. 159
Thinking Clubs. 159
General Thinking Skills. 160
Summary. 163
Reference. 169
How to Set Up a Thinking Club. 173
Index. 189

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
192
Dimensions
9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Weight
10.4 ounces

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OL8050594M
ISBN 10
0816018952
ISBN 13
9780816018956
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