Courses
Public Training Courses
de Bono Thinking Systems network of
Authorized Distributors hosts public seminars in locations around the world. You will leave these one or two day courses with tools you can use immediately at work, at home and in your community.
By attending a public course, you are entitled to use the tools and knowledge gained for individual purposes and to facilitate group processes.
Whether there is a decision to make, a conflict to resolve or a group discussion to manage, you will experience greater efficiency and collaboration if you employ the methods from the de Bono courses.
In this world renowned course you will learn about the six different modes of thinking in the brain (or the
Six Thinking Hats®). You will use each hat in practical exercises, and will leave with the ability to use parallel thinking in personal decisions or to gain new insight. You can also use it as a facilitation tool in meetings where groups must generate or evaluate ideas, make difficult decisions or negotiate outcomes.
In this course, you will learn new tools to help you find alternative solutions and dramatically increase the number of new and practical ideas you (or your team) is able to come up with. This process is called
involves unconventional thinking techniques that reroute logic and cause the brain to search for answers in uncharted territory, thereby supporting greater innovation. You will experience hands-on application of these proven creative thinking tools.
Lateral Thinking Short Course*
In this fast-paced one-day course you will cover four of the seven
Lateral Thinking™ tools. By the end of this course you will also have had experience applying these four proven creative thinking tools. You will be able to use them to generate innovative ideas and original alternatives in practical situations.
*May not be available in all regions
The Lateral Thinking Alternatives Module*
This half-day course focuses on the
Lateral Thinking™ tool ‘Alternatives'. You will leave the course being able to extract concepts from any given set of alternatives and to generate many more alternatives from the extracted concepts.
*May not be available in all regions
Course in Creativity™
This course combines two time-tested methodologies -
Six Thinking Hats® and
Lateral Thinking™ - to maximize training benefit for your organization. As a result, participants will enhance their communication and teamwork skills while generating more creative ideas and increasing overall output. If you want a comprehensive course on the core de Bono methodology, the
Course in Creativity™ will give you the tools you need to jumpstart innovation.
In this challenging course, you will learn and use the ten
Direct Attention Thinking Tools (DATT™) tools developed by
Dr. de Bono.
DATT™ gives you ten simple strategies to help focus thinking in a more efficient way. These tools will help expand your ideas about perception and improve your ability to consider consequences before taking action.
Facilitators are in high-demand today. Companies are always searching for specialists who are trained to effectively manage meetings.
Focus on Facilitation™ combines the three sets of tools (
Six Thinking Hats®,
Lateral Thinking™ and
Direct Attention Thinking Tools (DATT™)) and applies them specifically to the world of professional facilitation. You will learn to engage meeting participants and help them accomplish a lot more during meetings.
If your organization is looking for ways to streamline products and processes, thereby becoming more effective, efficient and user-friendly,
Simplicity. will help you accomplish these goals.
Simplicity teaches people to end habits that are no longer necessary, stop duplication of tasks, and challenge every aspect of business so that they can perform at a higher level in all areas.
To find a de Bono Thinking Systems training seminar or certification course near you, please refer to the Global Training Schedule or contact an Authorized Distributor in your region.
