I am looking for studies involved with the authentic use of de Bono's tools. I am a trained instructor in these tools since 2000 and have trained 2000+ people in de Bono's tools and processes. I am now doing my PhD and my research is focusing on what happens when work teams use de Bono's tools, so I am only looking for quality academic studies in this area, not studies in the area of education and not popular accounts of the benefits or use of de Bono's tools.
Thank you Aamir for answering my question, I appreciate the effort you have put into providing a long list of references.
I was however, seeking information specifically about research that has been conducted with work teams ... as this is the area of my research as a PhD student
I'm sorry, I should have explained this more when I put up this question, I have now added more explanation to my question.
I am well advanced in my research and also a trained de Bono instructor. Since 2000 I have trained, mentored and coached 2000+ people in de Bono's thinking tools so I am very sceptical about how people interpret his tools ... for example Paul Sloane's 'lateral thinking puzzles' should not be confused with Lateral Thinking, as Edward de Bono has said on many occasions - there is a very big difference between being a 'lateral thinker' and using 'lateral thinking'.
Thank you for your quick response.
Regards Ali
Introduced E. De Bono’s first Cort Thinking card, i.e.P.M.I. (Plus, Minus and Interesting). In this way the pupils had an easy to remember formula (Lithuanians wanted a formula for everything in those days) that would allow them to present their personal opinions. I was told that teachers do not allow such personal expressions. This has changed and not only is P.M.I. acceptable but of great use in teacher training and preparing pupils for debates. Much to the dislike of E. De Bono I still use a fourth aspect with his brilliant PMI concept, named U or unique.
Unique was added because of the lack of self-esteem found in the Lithuanian people and even today by finding the unique aspect of any topic or theme and especially those about themselves their self-esteem is improved. The closest parallel to presenting unique is in the way the East would see the ‘essence’ of something.
http://www.kalbos.lt/zurnalai/02_numeris/08.pdf
Thank you Krishnan for the link.
I am familiar with research relating to the use of de Bono's thinking tools within an educational context.
I am however looking for research on the use of de Bono's tools with work teams within a business context .
I have read the paper you provided the link to. As a trained instructor in Dr de Bono's tools I feel I need to make a few comments in regards to the use of Dr de Bono's tools, as described in the paper.
Dr de Bono designed the CoRT tools, lateral thinking tools (including PO) and the Six Thinking Hats methodology for specific purposes in regards to human cognition.
I therefore have some concern about the appropriateness of some of the suggestions made in the paper most specifically: adding "unique" to P.MI., adding 'brown hat' to the Six Thinking Hats, and using PO with P.M.I or C&S.
These modifications are not an improvement on de Bono's tools because they misinterpret the cognitive processes involved with each tool/process.
I accept that this may not have been intentional, however it does mean that any results from the use of de Bono's tools with these modifications cannot be compared with the results of studies where de Bono's tools have been used correctly.
Kind Regards Ali
Thank you Krishna for your comment ... it has nothing do however with my research or my original question so I would appreciate it if you could stop sending me papers that are not in-line with my research interests.
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