Edward de Bono

Born in 19 May 1933, Edward de Bono is the author of the book Six Thinking Hats and originated the term lateral thinking. After attaining his medical degree at University of Malta, de Bono then gotten the Master of arts in psychology and physiology at Christ Church, Oxford. He then earned a Ph.D degree in medicine from Trinity College, Cambridge, and LLD from the University of Dundee.

Known as the father of ‘lateral thinking, de Bono introduced the concept in 1967, where he published his first book ‘The use of Lateral Thinking’. Having dedicating his life to help people improve their thinking abilities and creativity skills, his courses such as Six Thinking Hats method and thinking tools have been employed by various institutions and organisations around the world. These skills and have been proven to help people to make smarter decision faster. ‘Six Thinking Hats’ is considered as one of de Bono’s greatest literary works where he provides detailed insight of parallel thinking and critical thinking. Other useful thinking techniques de Bono produced includes the power of perception, focus on facilitation, simplicity and six value medals

In 1992, de Bono became became the first recipient of the ‘Capire Prize’ in Europe, for his outstanding achievement. In 1994, he was presented the ‘Pioneer Prize in the field of Thinking’, at the International Conference on Thinking at MIT, Boston. In 1995, he was honored with the National Order of Merit by the President of Malta. Lastly, in 2005, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Economics.