Born on 19th May 1933 in Malta, he has a medical degree from the university of Malta, an MA degree in physiology and psychology. He also has a PhD and D.phil degree in Medicine from Trinity college, Cambridge. He also holds an LL.D. degree from the university of Dundee. Just a few among his many academic accolades. He was nominated for the Nobel prize in economics in 2005.
But he is famously known to have originated the term "_______ ________"(two words). He authored the book "six thinking hats" and is a proponent of the deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in schools. Who are we talking about, also fill in the blank for a bonus?
Answer to this one- This is Edward De Bono and the blank is lateral thinking. Clicky "Shrinidhi" Otomy and Amit "anonymous weirdo" Raj get this one.
de Bono, Lateral Thinking :D. Nice question :).
ReplyDeleteShrinidhi Kaushik.
Edward bono proposed the word lateral thinking.......
ReplyDeletefull points for guessing the anonymous guy Sharan..... who did not realize that the US president assassin question had already been put up....