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Harness the power of lateral thinking to develop powerful reasoning techniques, challenge assumptions and help you creatively find unexpected solutions to daily problems.
List of contents
Chapter - 01: What is lateral thinking and why do you need it?; Chapter - 02: Example - Steven Spielberg and Jaws; Chapter - 03: Challenge your assumptions; Chapter - 04: Some lateral thinking puzzles to get you thinking; Chapter - 05: How to use De Bono's Six Thinking Hats to improve meetings and decisions; Chapter - 06: Lateral ways to succeed at interview; Chapter - 07: Ask smarter questions; Chapter - 08: Clever riddles; Chapter - 09: So you think you are open-minded; Chapter - 10: Lateral memory improvement techniques; Chapter - 11: Sometimes it pays to be outrageous; Chapter - 12: Games which promote creativity and lateral thinking; Chapter - 13: Example - Sidney Bernstein and Granada TV; Chapter - 14: More lateral thinking puzzles; Chapter - 15: Analyse problems first - The fishbone method; Chapter - 16: Example - The founding of Google; Chapter - 17: A Lateral thinking method - The Random Word; Chapter - 18: Lateral thinking in the office - How to get noticed and promoted; Chapter - 19: How to succeed with study and exams - Tips for students; Chapter - 20: The Disney Method for creative ideas; Chapter - 21: Lateral thinking and mathematics - With some puzzles; Chapter - 22: Example - Hannibal crossing the Alps; Chapter - 23: Lateral Thinking in art; Chapter - 24: Sneaky tricks in sports; Chapter - 25: More memory methods; Chapter - 26: Using Six Serving Men to understand problems; Chapter - 27: Lateral Rock Stars - Bowie, Mercury, Madonna, Lady Gaga; Chapter - 28: How to take a different point of view; Chapter - 29: Become a brilliant conversationalist; Chapter - 30: How lateral thinking can improve relationships; Chapter - 31: Wacky Word Puzzles; Chapter - 32: Use an Outsider Mindset; Chapter - 33: Clever Ways to Appear Smarter than you are!; Chapter - 34: Try Weird Combinations; Chapter - 35: What if the opposite were true?; Chapter - 36: Fire up your Imagination with these exercises; Chapter - 37: Lateral Inventors; Chapter - 38: Take advantage of accidents; Chapter - 39: Sometimes think like a criminal; Chapter - 40: When the world Zigs, Zag; Chapter - 41: The Power of Silly Questions; Chapter - 42: The Greatest Bluff; Chapter - 43: Move the Kettle!; Chapter - 44: Don't be a Zebra, be a Giraffe!; Chapter - 45: Beware these Cognitive Biases
About the author
Paul Sloane is an experienced speaker, course leader and facilitator. A recognised authority on innovation and creative speaking, he speaks and gives workshops to leading corporations around the world. He is also the best-selling author of How to Be a Brilliant Thinker, The Innovative Leader, The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills and editor of A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing, all published by Kogan Page.
Summary
Harness the power of lateral thinking to develop powerful reasoning techniques, challenge assumptions and help you creatively find unexpected solutions to daily problems.
