Edward de Bono facts for kids
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Edward de Bono
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De Bono in 2009
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| Born | 19 May 1933 |
| Died | 9 June 2021 (aged 88) |
| Known for | Lateral thinking |
| Spouse(s) |
Josephine Hall-White
(m. 1971, divorced) |
| Children | 3 sons, 1 daughter |
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono (born May 19, 1933 – died June 9, 2021) was a Maltese doctor, psychologist, author, and inventor. He is famous for creating the idea of lateral thinking. He wrote many books about thinking, including Six Thinking Hats. He strongly believed that teaching thinking skills should be a subject in schools.
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Edward de Bono's Life and Work
Edward de Bono was born in Malta on May 19, 1933. He studied at St. Edward's College, Malta and then earned a medical degree from the University of Malta. Later, he became a Rhodes Scholar in 1955. He went to Christ Church, Oxford where he studied psychology and physiology. He also played polo for Oxford and set two canoeing records. He earned another degree in medicine from Trinity College, Cambridge.
De Bono taught at famous universities like Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Harvard. He also held professor positions at the University of Malta and other universities. He was known as the Da Vinci Professor of Thinking at the University of Advancing Technology in the US. In 2009, he was one of the 27 Ambassadors for the European Year of Creativity and Innovation.
What is Lateral Thinking?
Edward de Bono came up with the term 'Lateral Thinking'. This is a way of solving problems by looking at them from new and unusual angles, instead of just following the usual steps. It's about thinking "outside the box" to find creative solutions.
He wrote 85 books, and they were translated into 46 languages. He taught his special thinking methods to governments, companies, and individuals. He also started the World Center for New Thinking in Malta. This center used his thinking tools to help solve big problems around the world.
De Bono on TV and Radio
In 1982, the BBC aired a TV series called de Bono's Thinking Course. In these shows, Dr. Edward de Bono taught people how to improve their thinking skills. He showed that thinking can get better with practice. A book with the same title was released with the series.
In 1994, he gave a special lecture on Channel 4 called "Thinking Hats On." In 1995, he made a futuristic film, 2040: Possibilities by Edward de Bono. It showed him giving a lecture in the year 2040 to people who had been frozen and then woken up.
Awards and Recognition
In 2005, Edward de Bono was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Economics. This shows how important his ideas were. Schools in over 20 countries have added de Bono's thinking tools to their lessons. He also advised many of the world's biggest companies.
An asteroid, 2541 Edebono, was named after him. This is a great honor!
The Edward de Bono Code Book
Edward de Bono believed that a better language could help humanity. In 2000, he published The Edward de Bono Code Book. In this book, he suggested new words based on numbers. Each number combination would stand for a useful idea or situation that doesn't have a single word yet. For example, "6/2" could mean "Give me your point of view, and I will give you mine." This code could help people understand each other better, especially during arguments.
Edward de Bono's Personal Life
In 1971, Edward de Bono married Josephine Hall-White. They had two sons, Caspar and Charlie. They later divorced. He also had another son, Edward Szekely, and a daughter, Juliana Pars.
Other Interesting Ideas
Edward de Bono invented a game called the L game. He first shared this game in his book The Five-Day Course in Thinking.
Published Works
Edward de Bono wrote many books about thinking and creativity. Here is a partial list of his works:
- The Use of Lateral Thinking (1967) ISBN: 978-0-14-013788-0, where he first used the term "lateral thinking"
- New Think (1967, 1968) ISBN: 978-0-380-01426-2
- The Five-Day Course in Thinking (1968), which introduced the L game
- The Mechanism of Mind (1969) ISBN: 978-0-14-013787-3
- Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step (1970) ISBN: 978-0-06-090325-1
- The Dog-Exercising Machine (1970)
- Technology Today (1971)
- Practical Thinking (1971)
- Lateral Thinking for Management (1971)
- Po: A Device for Successful Thinking (1972) ISBN: 978-0-671-21338-1, which introduced the term Po
- Children Solve Problems (1972) ISBN: 978-0-14-080323-5
- Po: Beyond Yes and No (1973) ISBN: 978-0-14-021715-5
- Eureka!: An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer (1974)
- Teaching Thinking (1976)
- The Greatest Thinkers: The Thirty Minds That Shaped Our Civilization (1976) ISBN: 978-0-399-11762-6
- Wordpower: An Illustrated Dictionary of Vital Words (1977)
- The Happiness Purpose (1977)
- Opportunities: A handbook for business opportunity search (1978)
- Future Positive (1979)
- Atlas of Management Thinking (1981)
- De Bono's Thinking Course (1982)
- Learn-To-Think: Coursebook and Instructors Manual (1982) ISBN: 978-0-88496-199-4
- Tactics: The Art and Science of Success (1985)
- Conflicts: A Better Way to Resolve them (1985)
- Masterthinker's Handbook (1985)
- Six Thinking Hats (1985) ISBN: 978-0-316-17831-0
- I Am Right, You Are Wrong: From This to the New Renaissance: From Rock Logic to Water Logic (1968) ISBN: 978-0-670-84231-5
- Six Action Shoes (1991)
- Handbook for the Positive Revolution (1991) ISBN: 978-0-14-012679-2
- Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas (1992) ISBN: 978-0-00-255143-4
- Sur/Petition (1992) ISBN: 978-0-88730-543-6
- Water Logic: The Alternative to I am Right You are Wrong (1993) ISBN: 978-1-56312-037-4
- Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking (1994) ISBN: 978-0-670-85126-3
- Teach Yourself How to Think (1995)
- Textbook of Wisdom (1996) ISBN: 978-0-670-87011-0
- How to Be More Interesting (1998)
- Simplicity (1999)
- New Thinking for the New Millennium (1999)
- Why I Want To Be King of Australia (1999)
- The De Bono Code Book (2000) ISBN: 978-0-14-028777-6
- How to Have A Beautiful Mind (2004)
- Six Value Medals (2005) ISBN: 978-0-09-189459-7
- H+ (Plus): A New Religion (2006) ISBN: 978-0-09-191047-1
- How to Have Creative Ideas (2007) ISBN: 978-0-09-191048-8
- Free or Unfree? : Are Americans Really Free? (2007) ISBN: 978-1-59777-544-1
- Intelligence, Information, Thinking (2007) ISBN: 978-1-84-218133-1
- Six Frames For Thinking About Information (2008) ISBN: 978-1-40-702316-8
- The Love of Two Cockroaches (2009) ISBN: 978-9-99-326159-9
- Think! Before It's Too Late (2009) ISBN: 978-0-09-192409-6
- Lateral Thinking – An Introduction (2014) ISBN: 978-0-09-195502-1
- Bonting – Thinking to Create Value (2016) ISBN: 978-9-99-575019-0
De Bono also wrote many articles for scientific journals.
Images for kids
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De Bono on Channel 4 lecture programme Opinions, produced by Open Media in 1994
See also
In Spanish: Edward de Bono para niños
- Lateral thinking
- Parallel thinking
- Six Thinking Hats
