Six Thinking Hats - Edward De Bono

My first forray into philosophy and I didn't even realise! I picked up a copy of this book at my local library, as I was looking for something along the lines of 'how to improve your prospects at work', etc (ie management techniques). I was already familiar with de Bono's name, as he became well knonw in the media in the 1990's, but I did not take the oppporutnity to read his works then. This book dates back to that era, and their is a companion title, 'Six shoes', which continues along the same lines, but I think the essence of his ideas are encapsulated in this volumne. He has quite a straightforward, simplistic style of writing, so that it is ...  Read the complete review

FOOD FOR THOUGHTS Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono www.edwdebono.com Thinking is a skill and can be improved, this is what our book under review teaches us and says, these are not idle words, but they are said by a consultant to many international corporations like IBM, EXXON, DUPONT, PROCTOR AND GAMBLE, SHELL, BP, FORD. ETC., Enough of bombarding you with Billion Dollar earning company names, let me climb down to common man, that is me, I wont sell my title of common man for a Billion Dollar, I am part of a Billion strong group. I wont give up its membership even if I am offered FREEMASONS secret ...  Read the complete review