Lateral Thinking for Every Day – Extraordinary Solutions to Ordinary Problems: Extraordinary Solutions to Ordinary Problems

Chapter - 01: What is lateral thinking and why do you need it? Chapter - 02: Example - Steven Spielberg and Jaws Chapter - 03: Challenge your assumptions Chapter - 04: Some lateral thinking puzzles to get you thinking Chapter - 05: How to use De Bono's Six Thinking Hats to improve meetings and decisions Chapter - 06: Lateral ways to succeed at interview Chapter - 07: Ask smarter questions Chapter - 08: Clever riddles Chapter - 09: So you think you are open-minded. Chapter - 10: Lateral memory improvement techniques Chapter - 11: Sometimes it pays to be outrageous Chapter - 12: Games which promote creativity and lateral thinking Chapter - 13: Example - Sidney Bernstein and Granada TV Chapter - 14: More lateral thinking puzzles Chapter - 15: Analyse problems first - the fishbone method Chapter - 16: Example - the founding of Google Chapter - 17: A Lateral thinking method - the Random Word Chapter - 18: Lateral thinking in the office - how to get noticed and promoted Chapter - 19: How to succeed with study and exams - tips for students Chapter - 20: The Disney Method for creative ideas Chapter - 21: Lateral thinking and mathematics - with some puzzles Chapter - 22: Example - Hannibal crossing the Alps Chapter - 23: Lateral Thinking in Art Chapter - 24: Sneaky tricks in sports Chapter - 25: More memory methods Chapter - 26: Using Six Serving Men to understand problems Chapter - 27: Lateral Rock Stars - Bowie, Mercury, Madonna, Lady Gaga Chapter - 28: How to take a different point of view Chapter - 29: Become a brilliant conversationalist Chapter - 30: How lateral thinking can improve relationships Chapter - 31: Wacky Word Puzzles Chapter - 32: Use an Outsider Mindset Chapter - 33: Clever Ways to Appear Smarter than you are! Chapter - 34: Try Weird Combinations Chapter - 35: What if the opposite were true? Chapter - 36: Fire up your Imagination with these exercises Chapter - 37: Lateral Inventors Chapter - 38: Take advantage of accidents Chapter - 39: Sometimes think like a Criminal Chapter - 40: When the world Zigs, Zag Chapter - 41: The Power of Silly Questions Chapter - 42: The Greatest Bluff Chapter - 43: Move the Kettle! Chapter - 44: Don't be a Zebra, be a Giraffe! Chapter - 45: Beware these Cognitive Biases

Not every problem has an obvious solution. Utilize the power of lateral thinking to think imaginatively and creatively to tackle everyday problems in a new, fresh way.

Lateral thinking is about re-thinking your approach to problem solving and using an indirect method to come up with innovative results. But how easy is it to do it?

In Lateral Thinking for Every Day, acclaimed writer Paul Sloane clearly explains how you can benefit from using a lateral thinking approach. Using inspiring examples from great lateral thinkers including Lady Gaga, Elon Musk and Tim Berners-Lee, this collection of practical tips, techniques, examples and challenges is guaranteed to help you deploy powerful reasoning techniques, become more persuasive and convincing and to come up with fresh solutions to creative challenges.

Paul Sloane is an experienced speaker, course leader and facilitator, based in Surrey, UK. A recognized authority on innovation and creative speaking, he speaks and gives workshops to leading corporations around the world. He is also the best-selling author of How to Be a Brilliant Thinker, The Innovative Leader and editor of A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing, all published by Kogan Page.