LATERALTHINKING

Lateral thinking

Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic. The term was coined in 1967 by Edward de Bono.

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lateral thinking

Noun

  1. Using reasoned thought in a non-standard, or non-linear logical, way to find a solution to a problem.


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