The book The Mechanism of Mind, is by which Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor and consultant psychologist, and originated the term lateral thinking?
Edward de Bono Edward de Bono (born 19 May 1933) is a Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor and consultant psychologist. He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote the book "Six Thinking Hats" and is a proponent of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools. Edward de Bono is regarded as the leading authority in Creativity.
Po (lateral thinking) Po is a word that precedes and signals a provocation. A provocation is an idea which moves thinking forward to a new place from where new ideas or solutions may be found. The term po was created by Edward de Bono as part of a lateral thinking technique to suggest forward movement, that is, making a statement and seeing where it leads to. It is an extraction from words such as hypothesis, suppose, possible and poetry, all of which indicate forward movement and contain the syllable "po." Po can be taken to refer to any of the following: provoking operation, provocative operation or provocation operation. Also, in ancient Polynesian and the Maori, the word "po" refers to the original chaotic state of formlessness, from which evolution occurred. Edward de Bono argues that this context as well applies to the term.