Lateral thinking : creativity step by step / Edward De Bono

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

Explains the principles and main purposes of a method of thinking which allows information to interact and generate new ideas