TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Bono,Edward
TI  - Lateral thinking: creativity step by step 
SN  - 0060903252
AV  - BF408 .D4 1990b
U1  - 153.35 DEB 1990 
PY  - 1990///, ©1970
CY  - New York
PB  - Perennial Library
KW  - Creative thinking
KW  - Creative ability
KW  - Human information processing
KW  - Thought and thinking
N1  - Introduction -- Use of this book -- The way the mind works -- Difference between lateral and vertical thinking -- Attitudes towards lateral thinking -- Basic nature of lateral thinking -- The use of lateral thinking -- Techniques -- The generation of alternatives -- Challenging assumptions -- Innovation -- Suspended judgment -- Design -- Dominant ideas and crucial factors -- Fractionation -- The reversal method -- Brainstorming -- Analogies -- Choice of entry point and attention area -- Random stimulation -- Concepts / divisions / polarization -- The new word po -- Blocked by openness -- Description/problem solving/design -- Summary
N2  - Explains the principles and main purposes of a method of thinking which allows information to interact and generate new ideas
ER  -