I’d like to begin by describing the difference between programmed thinking and lateral thinking. Programmed thinking is the process of using structured methodologies and/or logical algorithmic ...

Lateral thinking transforms the way small businesses handle the challenge of advertising. An idea originated by Edward de Bono, Ph.D., lateral thinking combines basic reasoning and creative methods to ...

The emergence of lateral thinking in recent years is a natural reaction to the enormous increase of information a human being is "bombarded" with, in the post industrial revolution era. Vertical ...

Lateral thinking puzzles are designed to truly test your creative thinking skills. With these challenging riddles that require lateral thinking, you have to step outside the box and consider all the ...

Many of us are too busy with our traditional daily routines to truly innovate safety, and the rest of us are waiting for the safety muse to come enlighten us. In our attempts to improve safety, we ...

A University of Queensland study mapping the evolution of genes has shed light on the role of gene transfer in bacterial diseases. The study, published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

There are riddles, and then there are riddles. Lateral-thinking puzzles fall into the latter category. Among the trickiest riddles out there, these brain games will give your noggin a serious workout.

We see a lot of hacks where the path to success is pretty obvious, if maybe strewn with all sorts of complications, land-mines, and time-sinks. Then we get other hacks that are just totally out-of-the ...