Paul Sloane

Lateral Thinking for Every Day

Extraordinary Solutions to Ordinary Problems

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Harness the power of lateral thinking to develop powerful reasoning techniques, challenge assumptions and help you creatively find unexpected solutions to daily problems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781398607972
• ISBN-10: 1398607975
• Artikelnr.: 63936151

Autorenporträt

Paul Sloane

Inhaltsangabe

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

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• • 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

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"Too many of today's business books come at problems from the same angles. This book turns problems on their head and makes us think differently. It is very useful not just in business, but in life." Brian McBride, President of the Confederation of British Industry