Lateral Thinking

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconsideways approach
Executive Parlancenon-linear reasoning
Scholarly Discourseoblique problem-solving
Babel ZenithLateral Thinking
Origin: Edward de Bono

Etymology & Meaning

Solving problems through indirect and creative approaches.

In the Boardroom

Asking 'what if we didn't have this constraint?'

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