Tuesday, August 19, 2008

PARALLEL THINKING

The term Parallel thinking was coined by Dr Edward De Bono. Unlike Lateral Thinking,which is a variety of Creative thinking, Dr Edward De Bono's famous Six Thinking Hats based on Parallel thinking is not based solely on Creative thinking,but uses analytical thinking tools as well.Only the Green Hat is Creative thinking hat. In particular,black hat refers to Critical thinking.In practice,some users find newer versions of online Brain storming more spontaneous-the very essence of creative thinking.