"Lateral thinking... is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics."
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Edward de Bono (1970) Lateral thinking: creativity step by step p. 5
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Lateral thinking
Lateral thinking, sometimes described as structured creativity or sideways thinking, is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic. The term was coined in 1967 by Edward de Bono.
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