1、case,大富翁李昆常常向人炫耀他那顆價值連城的大鉆石，因此吸引了許多人到他家里來參觀。他特意把鉆石放在一個很大的窄口玻璃瓶內(nèi)，玻璃瓶本身重七十多公斤，普通人想搬走也不是一件容易的事。他又在展覽室的周圍裝上了防盜警報，只要有人把玻璃瓶移動，警報系統(tǒng)就會發(fā)出叫聲。 有一天晚上，李昆從外面回家，進入展覽室的時候，那顆大鉆石竟然不翼而飛。 經(jīng)警方調(diào)查，得知李昆外出后，前后有三個人先后單獨進入過展覽室內(nèi)。一個是負責(zé)清潔地氈的工人，一個是管家，一個是守衛(wèi)。這三個人之中，誰能夠不移動玻璃瓶，而把那顆大鉆石偷走呢？,Vertical thinking,Lateral thinking,Dr. Edward

2、de Bono,Dr. Edward de Bono is the worlds leading authority on conceptual thinking as the driver of organizational innovation, strategic leadership, individual creativity, and problem solving. Since 1970 his exclusive thinking tools and methods have brought astonishing results to organizations large

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4、h uses the processes of logic - the traditional, historical method.,He calls the other lateral thinking, which involves disrupting an apparent thinking sequence and arriving at the solution from another angle.,Lateral thinking,Developing breakthrough ideas does not have to be the result of luck or a

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7、most increase your number of new and practical ideas dramatically deal problems with more and better ideas to get immediate results find alternative solutions turn problems into opportunities create new products, processes and services,Skills of lateral thinking,Alternatives: How to use concepts as

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