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absolute ideas, problem of 36–8
accretion, edge effect and 98–100
added value 154, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174, 183, 217
adversary system 28–30, 31, 48, 208–9, 228–9
alternative tracks, change through creating 19–20, 236
alternatives, change by 14–15
amounts, problem of 34–6
angel bonds 169–70
apostolic succession 58, 99, 213
appetite suppressant pills 97–8
Aquinas, St. Thomas 24, 36
Aristotle 24, 36
art, reflection cult of 145–6, 148
awareness, change through 20–1
battle-cries 37, 111–22, 124, 167, 228
equality 118–22
freedom 112–16
love 117–18
big government 133, 197, 232
‘bonism’ 138, 235
BP 73, 192
British Leyland 153, 163
British Railways 167
Brown, Jerry 197
bureaucracies 65–6, 133, 161, 192
Callaghan, Jim 192
capital 33, 74, 217
capital investment 172–4
human capital 170
industry and 167–75
intellectual capital 43
ownership and ‘decision ownership’ of 167
tax and 167, 169, 173 see also tax
‘unowned capital’ 233
‘usufruct’ and 167–8
capitalism 4, 6–7, 26, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 167
managerial economy and 168, 171–2, 174
Marx and 93
strikes and 164
Catch-22 227, 232–3
Catch-23 52, 53, 97, 101, 227, 230
Catch-24 51, 227
Catholic Church 36, 58, 83, 189
change:
by alternatives 14–15
by compromise 15
by crisis management and drift 12
by degrees 17
by design 18–19
by evolution 12–13
by Hegelian clash 15
by inspiration 17
by leadership 16–17
by protest 13–14
by provocation 18
by resistance and ultimate retreat 14
by revolution 16
by salvation and desperation 11–12
change and innovation (organising method) 54–5
mechanisms of 11–21
perceptual 84–5
speed of 3, 42
through awareness 20–1
through creating alternative tracks 19–20
through creating institutions 19
through persuasion or exhortation 20
through review 21
children, gifted 39–40, 120, 221–2, 223
China: concept of hypothesis and 24
choice, concept of 135–7
Christianity 17, 78, 79, 89, 117–18
committees, bureaucracies and hierarchies (organising method) 65–6
commodity markets 186
common purpose 81, 83, 90
communication, problems arising from 61–2
‘compass’ directions 227–8
complacency, problem of 229, 231
complexity:
analysis and 45
awareness and 21
change by alternatives and 14
‘compass’ directions and 227–8
economy and 181
freedom and 115–16
growth of 2–3, 8, 9
law and order and 201, 205
mood and 142, 236
organisation and 123, 126–7, 231–2
politics and 191, 194
‘ratchet effect’ and 59
simplicity and 130–1
strikes and 162
tyranny of 113
compromise, change by 15
computer:
benefits of 8–9
complexity and 8–9
crime and 205, 206
economy and 177
education and 216
employment and 153
innovations and 55
love and 117
new professions and 130
nodes and 127, 232
organisation revolution and 8–9, 123, 124, 130, 231, 232
problem of information and 44
problem of opposites and 32
problem of truth, analysis and meaning and 45
simplicity and 130
concepts 111–12
battle-cries and 111–22
concept-adolescence 186
development of new 232–3, 235
positive 123–40
see also under individual concept name
continuity:
edge effect and 96–8
problem of 57–9
contribution, concept of 132–5
‘coper’/fixer 128
CoRT (Cognitive Research Trust) 39, 42, 85, 219
courts 209–10
crime 1, 75, 159, 201–11, 233
courts and 209–10
law and 208–9
police force and 206–7
segmentation of 233
sin and 202–3, 233
‘social pollution’, as 202, 203, 210–11, 233
types of 203–6
critical intelligence 26–8, 31, 228
currencies 183–4, 185–6, 233
exports and 183–4
‘local gold’ 185–6
‘social currency’ 134, 137
‘timid’ 108, 185–6, 233
CYA posture 48, 62, 65, 109, 123, 139, 189, 190, 192
degrees, change by 17
democracy:
advantage and disadvantages of 189–90, 199
change by alternatives and 14–15
edge effect and 94–5
industrial 171–2
law and order and 201
media and 193
party politics and 190–1
Department of Employment 157–8, 162
depression 53, 141–2, 153
Descartes, René 24
design:
change by 18–19
work 129, 161–2
dinosaur 7–8, 9
discipline 81–2, 139–40
distribution, problem of 59–61
earned freedom 115, 134
economy and trade 177–87
currencies 183–4
inflation 185–6
managerial economy 168, 171–2, 174
market economy 178–82
tandem economy 233
Third World and 186–7
trade 182–3
edge effect 93–103, 227
accretion and 98–100
continuity and 96–8
education and 224, 236
individuals and 100–1
logic-bubbles and 102–3
practical action and 101–2
productive wealth and 152, 153, 155
taxation and 198
education 24, 213–24, 236
concept of 115
content of 215–20
continuity and 58
critical intelligence and 26
development of thinking skills and 28
edge effect and 97
‘Everest’ effect with most gifted children 39–40
gifted children 39–40, 120, 221–2, 223
home education 220–1, 224
knowledge and 33
leaving school 222–3
major role to play in development of positive future 236
‘New Programme’ schools 220, 221, 224, 233
problem of distribution and 61
problem of opposites and 33
reactive thinking and 39
teachers and teaching 221
television and 220–1
thinking style and 228–9
effectiveness, concept of 131–2, 228
emotion, feeling and logic–bubbles 87–8
employment 157–65
added value and 169
edge effect and 97, 100–1
‘flexitime’ 125
human capital and 170
logic-bubbles and 73, 74
new professions 128–30
nodes and 127, 128, 158–9, 160–1, 164
non-market labour (NML) 134, 159–61, 165, 222, 233
PEC (people-employing agency) 158–9, 164, 171, 174
productive wealth and 150, 152–4, 155
risk and 64
strikes 162–4
trade and 182
unemployment 57, 73, 100–1, 129, 134, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 158, 159, 165, 170, 173, 182
work design 161–2
work sharing 164
envelope structures (frameworks) 126
envy 26, 121
equality, concept of 4, 118–22, 222
Eurodollars 184
European Common Market 19, 152, 183
evolution:
change by 12–13
dinosaur 7–8, 9
‘flexitime’ 125
Ford, Henry 76, 114–15
foresight, problem of 41–2
free for all 76–7
freedom:
concept of 111–13
‘earned’ freedom 115, 134, 235
French Revolution, 1789 112, 117, 118–19
future, positive nature of 1–9
Galileo 32
‘general listener’/advisor 129
gifted children 39–40, 120, 221–2, 223
GIGO (‘Garbage In – Garbage Out’) 32
good, types of 138
government, politics and 189–99
big government 133, 197, 232
party politics and 190–1
media and 192–3
representatives and leaders 194–6
tax and 197–8
Greece, ancient 24, 28, 36, 37, 45, 47, 69, 141
Gresham’s Law 184
group idiom 147
group pressure 79–80
happiness:
concept of 137–8
‘pursuit of happiness’ 116
skills 217–18
Happiness Purpose, The (de Bono) 91, 137, 236
Hawthorne effect 55
Hegelian clash, change by 15
Hellenic style 24, 28, 47
heroism 100, 118
hero-worship 26, 79
reflection heroes 145–6
self-examination and 145–6
hierarchies 65–6
history, learning from 43
home education 220–1, 224
human capital 170
hypothesis, concept of 24, 27–8, 36, 37
ideals, positive 147–8
incentives and channelled self-interest 83–4
individuals, edge effect and 100–1
‘Industrial Acceptance’ examination 224
industry and capital 167–75
capital investment 172–4
industrial democracy 171–2
profit and risk 169–70
trinity system 170–1
inequality 119, 121–2
inflation 42, 56, 57, 185–6, 191, 197, 198
capital investment and 172, 173
currencies and 184
edge effect and 100, 101
logic-bubbles and 72, 75
productive wealth and 150
protest and 64
unions and 163
information, problem of 43–4
inspiration, change by 17
institutions 230
change through creating 19
intelligence 119–20, 226
concept of 119–20
constructive intelligence 31
critical intelligence 26–8, 31, 228
intelligence trap 234
logic-bubbles and 226–7
stupidity and 69–74, 70, 71
testing 50, 119–20
thinking habits and 23, 26–8, 48, 234
intended effect 56–7, 132
intermediate labels, problem of 38–9
Japan 3
added value in 169
capital investment in 172–4
decision-making in 66
development of ideas in 30
ego in 80, 88–9
logic-bubbles and 76, 81
paternalistic companies in 127
politeness in 117
savings in 6–7, 161, 172–4
trade policy 182–3
work culture in 132
Jones, Dr Frank 169
jungle freedom 124
jungle or nursery 144–5, 148
Kenyatta, President Jomo 78
Keynesian theory 56–7, 152, 173, 177–8
labour, non-market (NML) 134, 159–61, 165, 222, 233
Labour Party, UK 189
Laffer curve 57
lateral thinking i, 18, 33–4, 46, 47, 85, 105
law and order 201–11
courts 209–10
law 208–9
police force 206–7
rule of law 77–8
sin and crime 202–3
types of crime 203–6
leadership:
authority and 78–9
change by 16–17
Leicester, Colin 152
logic, problem of opposites and 32
logic bubbles and bubble-logic 69–91, 226–7
aligned polarities in loose frame 77
common purpose 81
discipline 81–2
edge effect and 102–3
emotion, feeling and 87–8
free for all 76–7
group pressure 79–80
incentives and channelled self-interest 83–4
intelligence and stupidity 69–76, 70, 71
leadership and authority 78–9
non-aligned polarities in tight frame 77
notation and 69, 70, 70, 71, 89
perceptual change 84–5
philosophy and world-view 86–7
polarities and 70, 70, 76, 77, 79, 84, 85–6, 90–1
religion 83
roles, compartments and 88–9
routine 82
rule of law and 77–8
self-image 79
system design and 85–6
taboo and superstition 78
logical deduction 24
logical thinking, lateral thinking and 33–4
love, concept of 117–18
lung cancer 95, 113
management:
change by crisis management and drift 12, 42, 154, 227–8, 237
managerial economy 168, 171–2, 174
market economy 178–82
Marx, Karl/Marxism 33, 38, 93, 126
mathematics 4, 24, 52, 69, 102, 105, 177, 215, 216, 218
Mechanism of Mind, The (de Bono) 105
mechanisms for change, need to be specific about providing 234–5
mechanisms of change 11–21, 224
change by alternatives 14–15
change by compromise 15
change by crisis management and drift 12
change by degrees 17
change by design 18–19
change by evolution 12–13
change by Hegelian clash 15
change by inspiration 17
change by leadership 16–17
change by protest 13–14
change by provocation 18
change by resistance and ultimate retreat 14
change by revolution 16
change by salvation and desperation 11–12
change through awareness 20–1
change through creating alternative tracks 19–20
change through creating institutions 19
change through persuasion or exhortation 20
change through review 21
media 192–3
medieval schoolmen, thinking style and 26, 28, 32, 37, 38, 225, 228
Miller, G. William 72
Mills, Professor Ivor 142
Mintoff, Dom 159
‘money-doctor’ 129
mood 138, 141–8
group idiom and 147
importance of 235–6
jungle or nursery and 144–5
positive ideals and 147–8
protest movement and 146–7
reflection heroes and 145–6
television and 142–4
Nader, Ralph 13, 192
Narita airport, Japan 76
National Enterprise Board 153
National Health Service (UK) 97–8, 100, 142, 150, 179
negative bias, thinking style and 228–9
negative mind 25–6
‘New Programme’ schools 220, 221, 224, 233
‘nodes’ and ‘nodalism’:
choice and 136
education and 221, 232
employment and 158–9, 160–1, 164
industry and capital and 171
new professions and 129, 130
organisation ‘nodes’ and ‘nodalism’, concept of 126–8, 232
politics and government and 196, 198, 199
non-aligned polarities in tight frame 77
non-market labour (NML) 134, 159–61, 165, 198, 207, 222, 233
Open University 58, 220, 224
opposites, problem of 32–4
organisation:
concept of 123–6
‘nodes’ and ‘nodalism’ 126–8 see also ‘nodes’ and ‘nodalism’
revolution 8, 123–4, 231–2
organising methods 49–67
change and innovation 54–5
committees, bureaucracies and hierarchies 65–6
communication, problems arising from 61–2
continuity, problem of 57–9
distribution, problem of 59–61
pigeonholes and specialists 51–3
projects, developments and new ideas 55–7
protest, structure of 64–5
risk, treatment of 62–4
selection, qualification and promotion 49–51
urgent and important 53–4
Paradise City 93, 94, 103
party politics 190–1, 196, 199
pensions 66, 154, 167, 182, 203, 211
‘people-employing-company’ (PEC) 171, 174
‘people-person’ 129
perceptual change 83, 84–5, 90
persuasion or exhortation, change through 20
philosophy:
edge effect and 98, 99–100
education and 214
freedom and 116
happiness and 137
logic-bubbles and 86–7, 90
thinking habits and 23–4, 37, 45
Third World and 186
pigeonholes and specialists (organising method) 51–3
Po, provocation and 105–9, 233–4
polarities, logic-bubbles and 70, 70, 76, 77, 79, 84, 85–6, 90–1
police force 206–7
politics and government 189–99
government and tax 197–8
media and 192–3
party politics 190–1
representatives and leaders 194–6
pollution 1, 3, 8, 12, 13–14, 20–1
crime as ‘social pollution’ 202, 203, 210–11, 233
Popper, Sir Karl 27
positive attitude 30–1, 236–7
positive concepts 123–40
choice 135–7
contribution 132–5
discipline 139
effectiveness 131–2
envelope structures 126
happiness 137–8
new professions 128–30
organisation 123–6
organisation nodes and ‘nodalism’ 126–8
simplicity 130–1
positive ideals 147–8
positive mind 30–1, 108–9
poverty 2, 34, 73, 132
practical action, edge effect and 101–2
principles, assembly of 4–6
procedural tariffs 182–3
productive capacity 3
productive wealth 149–55, 157, 167, 168, 198, 213, 237
professions, new 128–30
profit, risk and 169–70
projective thinking 39–40, 42, 230, 234
projects, developments and new ideas (organising method) 55–7
promotion 51
Proposition 13, California 130, 197
protest:
change by 13–14, 126
movement 146–7
structure of 64–5
provocation:
acknowledgement of role in thinking 233–4
change by 18
Po and 105–9, 107, 233–4
qualifications 51, 221, 223
quality of life:
government and politics and 198
happiness and 137–8
law and order and 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 210–11
productive wealth and 149, 150, 151, 153, 155
protest movement and 146
quality of thinking and future 225
work and employment and 159, 161, 165
quotas 183
‘ratchet-effect’ 59, 84, 152, 185
reactive thinking 39–40, 41, 42, 43, 141, 230, 234
reflection heroes 145–6
religion 83
representatives and leaders 194–6
resistance and ultimate retreat, change by 14
respect, concept of 118
review, change through 21
revolution:
battle-cries of 112, 117, 118–19, 122
change by 16
‘rights’, concept of 116
risk:
profit and 169–70
treatment of 62–4
roles, compartments and logic-bubbles 88–9
routine, logic-bubbles and 82
rule of law 77–8, 211
salvation and desperation, change by 11–12
sampling problem 37
savings 6–7, 63, 161, 172–4
scholarship 33
school:
leaving 222–3 see also education
‘New Programme’ schools 220, 221, 224, 233
SDR (Special Drawing Rights) 183–4
selection, qualification and promotion (organising method) 49–51
self-examination 145–6
self-image 79–80, 82, 83, 86, 90, 91, 118, 138, 236
self-interest, incentives and channelled 83–4
Senate Committee method, U.S. 31
simplicity 130–1
sin, crime and 202–3, 233
smoking, banning 95
sneer 25, 31, 35, 85, 139, 147, 217
social currency 134, 137
social pollution, crime as 202, 203, 210–11, 233
social worker 128
Soviet Union 60, 72–3
specialists 51–3
strategy 4–6
strikes 162–4
stupidity, intelligence and 69–76
system design, logic-bubbles and 85–6
taboo and superstition 78
‘take-off’ effect 55–6, 223
tandem economy 233
tariffs 182–3
taxation:
added value and 169
capital transfer tax 167
complexity and 130, 203
crime as 201, 211
edge effect and 100
government and 197–8, 199
indexing of bands 72
inflation and 185
Laffer curve and 57
new types of 55, 56
non-market-labour (NML) and 159, 160
nodes and 127
tobacco and 95
work design and 161
teachers and teaching 221 see also education
Teaching Thinking (de Bono) 219
television 142–4
education and 220–1
thinking habits 23–48
absolute ideas, the problem of 36–8
adversary system, the 28–30, 31
amounts, the problem of 34–6
Aristotle and 24
critical intelligence 26–8
development of 23–4
foresight, the problem of 41–2
Hellenic style 24, 28, 47
information, the problem of 43–4
intermediate labels, the problem of 38–9
logic and 32
negative mind and 25–6
opposites, the problem of 32–4
positive mind, the 30–1
problem with 23
quality of our thinking 225–6
reactive and projective thinking 39–40
thinking skills, development of 234
truth, analysis and meaning, the problem of 44–7
Third World 3, 11, 41, 186–7
trade 182–3
trade unions 19, 57, 66, 75, 81, 135, 159, 163, 164, 168, 171, 189, 190, 192
trains, running of 123, 125, 195
trinity system 170–1, 174, 233
truth, analysis and meaning, problem of 44–7
tyranny 30, 32, 112–13, 114, 116, 119, 155, 237
United Kingdom see under individual issue
United States 4, 31, 72, 98, 102, 116, 137, 142, 167, 198
urgent and important (organising method) 53–4
use-value 178–80, 181, 184
‘usufruct’ (Roman law concept) 167–8, 174
value:
added value 154, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174, 183, 217
use-value 178–80, 181, 184
value-value 178–80, 184, 185
work value (wv) 169
Volvo 85–6
wealth, productive 149–55, 157, 167, 168, 198, 213, 237
wisdom, cleverness and 23
‘wonder-woman’ effect 55. 56
work and employment 157–65
work design 161–2
strikes 162–4
see also employment
‘work-packager’ 129
work value (wv) 169
world-view, philosophy and 86–7
zero, concept of 24, 69
zero-base budgeting 21, 103