We are very proud to announce that our recent meeting and interview with Edward de Bono is now live to the world, thanks to OurManly for helping to organise and hosting the full video which can be viewed here.
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An amazing man with such verve and energy, we will be posting bite sized chunks of the meeting later this month for your viewing pleasure. Thanks!

Edward de Bono interview

Creative thinking author, Michael Michalko, popularised the SCAMPER technique. He credits Alex Osborn with its thinking principles and Bob Eberle with the mnemonic:

S=Substitute
C=Combine
A=Adapt
M=Magnify/Modify
P=Put to other uses
E=Eliminate
R=Rearrange/Reverse

We’ve found this technique particularly useful when looking to develop new applications, uses or extensions of an existing technology. Applying each of these actions to the current paradigm forces a shift in thinking and changes the filter through which you view your situation.

Thinking Club welcomes Ray Van to the conversation. Ray recently asked:

1. “How long before religions (institutionalised voodooism) are replaced by a universal code of conduct?”
2. “When we think about INFINITY, do we ever consider NEGATIVE INFINTY?
In space, infinity is already hard to understand (dimensions and quantities get bigger infinitely, but do things get infinitely smaller too?
INFINTY of time, is time just a one way human concept? We only understand time passing, going forward.”

Both philosophers and the common man have pondered these age-old debates for centuries, but using our creative thinking techniques can Thinking Club apply fresh thinking to the conversation?

Stay tuned. We’ll add these conversations to the Thinking Club roster and let you know what comes up.

In the meantime, let’s know what you think. We’d love to hear your ideas.

Get those thinking hats on,
Charlotte