1. Abigail Kneal

2.  Edward de Bono was born in Malta in 1933.  Multiple people think of Dr. Edward de Bono as the leading authority in the field of innovation and creative thinking.  He is very well known for many things such as his book Six Thinking Hats.  His concept regarding Lateral Thinking is also well known.

3.  He has two sons.  He was married twice.  Edward de Bono has written 70 books with translations into 40 different languages.  He has lectured in 58 countries.

4.  Dr. de Bono’s official name has an M.D, M.A, PH.D, D. Phil, D.DES, LL.D all behind it. That’s a long name!  The New University of Advanced Technology in Phoenix, Arizona appointed Edward the Professor of Thinking.

5.  Edward de Bono is a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and holds a M.A. in psychology and physiology.  Ph.D from Cambridge.  A Doctor of Design from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.  An LL.D. from Dundee.

6.  He holds professorships at the Universities of Pretoria, Dublin City University, Malta, and the University of Central England.  And much more.  As you can see, Dr. Edward de Bono is very qualified and extremely educated.

7. The de Bono Hats system or the “Six Thinking Hats” is a thinking tool for individual thinking and group discussion. It provides people with information which lets groups think together more effectively and to show thinking processes in a detailed way. This method is the subject of Dr. de Bono’s book, Six Thinking Hats.

8. Each “hat” has a specific color which describes the thinking process that they represent.  White- Questions and Facts  Red- Emotions and Feelings  Black- Critical Judgment  Yellow- Positive (Opposite of Black)  Green- New Ideas  Blue- The ‘Big Picture’