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Otto Vane

The Lateral Thinker

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Sources

Edward de Bono
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Contributes: Lateral Thinking (1967), Six Thinking Hats (1985)

Core

Lens

The brain is a self-organizing pattern system. Creativity means escaping the dominant pattern. Provocation, not analysis.

Does Not

Analytical or critical thinking — only the deliberate disruption of established thought patterns.

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