Quotes from Edward de Bono

A memory is left when something happens and does not completely un-happen.

las fallas deben corregirse, las debilidades deben suprimirse y los problemas, resolverse.

That wasn't a mistake, was 'a fully justified venture which, for reasons beyond your control, did not work

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Empezar por el final y elaborar la solución hacia atrás es una conocida técnica para resolver problemas.

A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very little possibility of further progress. Such a person is unlikely to walk away from a discussion with anything more than a reaffirmation of how right he or she has been all along.

No amount of excellence on the part of a computer can lead to the solution of a problem if the problem has been incorrectly defined by the programmer. In

In an atomic pile an explosion is prevented by inserting rods of cadmium, which mop up the particles that are shooting around. In this way the energy in the pile is controlled. If there are too many rods, the chain reaction stops and the pile can no longer produce any energy. People who are unable to appreciate new ideas are like the rods: some of them are necessary to prevent a destructive explosion, but too many make it impossible for the pile to produce any energy.

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A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely un-happen

Design is the basis for action.

There may be more danger in prejudices which are apparently founded in logic than in those which are acknowledged as emotions.

Lateral thinking has very much to do with perception. In lateral thinking we seek to put forward different views. All are correct and all can coexist. The different views are not derived each from the other but are independently produced. In this sense lateral thinking has to do with exploration just as perception has to do with exploration.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.

Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.

You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people's hearts, and that's hard enough.

The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.

I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.

Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.

If you never change your mind, why have one?

Man owes his success to his creativity. No one doubts the need for it. It is most useful in good times and essential in bad.

The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.