An invite to “Driving Public Sector Innovation” with Edward de Bono
Posted by webmaster 14 May 2009
The VPSCIN in conjunction with the de Bono Institute invites members to a luncheon session with the world’s leading authority in the direct teaching of thinking as a skill, Dr Edward de Bono.
Dr de Bono is one of the few people in history to have had a major impact on the way we think as opposed to what we think. He is the inventor of Lateral Thinking, the Six Thinking Hats, DATT and many other formal techniques for deliberate creative thinking.
His powerfully simple techniques challenge assumptions and demonstrate that everyone can learn to be creative and thereby generate new ideas and innovative ways of improving the things we do on behalf of the Victorian Community.
He has been named as one of the 250 people who have most influenced humanity and leading journals have described him as one of the top 20 visionaries alive today. He is the author or over 70 books that have been translated into 37 languages and has even had a planet named after him.
Join CIN colleagues from across the sector at this rare opportunity to see and hear Dr de Bono and discover some of the techniques that are being successfully applied around the world to drive innovation in these challenging times.
When: Tuesday June 9, 12:00 – 2:00pm
Where: Zinc at Federation Square
Lunch will be provided
As places for this session will be limited, members are requested to rsvp for this event only once ability to attend is confirmed.
To RSVP Click Here.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I found de Bono to be a very entertaining presenter and it was fascinating to see how visual he is. I would have preferred for him to present some examples of how his work has been used in government and the outcomes, but terrific to have seen him in person.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
What an honour it was to see the master of creative thinking in action. Really liked de Bono’s idea of posting a “Hit List” on the intranet of current business challenges that “require creative attention”, to seek ideas from the whole organisation to find a resolution(s). This is a great forum for staff to unleash their creative thinking (anonymously if they so wish) and especially that elusive tacit knowledge that is so rarely captured. Maybe their could also be incentives like a monthly award for the most creative thinker of the month that created an amazing result?? Have always loved he Six Thinking Hats approach and de Bono told us how great it continues to be.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:45 am
I really enjoyed the lunch presentation. Particularly interesting was the discussion on how humour is a significant indicator of the development of the human brain and that all creative ideas are logical in hindsight as are all great jokes. Have put a larger post on our blog at http://www.emergentfutures.com/blog/?p=45
Paul