Lateral thinking

Lateral thinking is a manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious. Synonymous to thinking outside the box, it involves ideas that may not be obtainable using only traditional step-by-step logic. The cutting of the Gordian Knot is a classical example.

Lateral thinking - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Manner of solving problems This article needs more citations . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources: "Lateral thinking" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( May 2017 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Maltese psychologist Edward de Bono (pictured in 2009) introduced the term "lateral thinking" in 1967. Lateral thinking is a manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approac

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