Classic de Bono:..a hundred years from now!

Over the years Dr Edward de Bono has shared great insights through his messages. This series of blogs revisits some of those highlights.

If we take a hundred year perspective from now, what is going to be seen to be important? A lot of things which seem very central and important at the moment will be seen to be trivial and peripheral. In the days of the railroad barons (and later oil barons) in the U.S.A. there were powerful figures on the landscape. Today they are quaint notes in history. The dominant Bill Gates’ of today will also be quaint notes in history in a hundred years time. What will really matter are the fundamental shifts in human beliefs, human thinking, human behaviour and human organisation. There is not much happening in these areas. And what is happening is totally swamped by the very transient matters that abound in entertainment, politics and elsewhere. It would be amusing to write a speculative book looking back from a hundred years ahead. Edward de Bono About the author: Dr Edward de Bono is a world leading authority on thinking skills. Creator of the famous Six Thinking Hats®, Lateral Thinking and many other workshops he has authored 62 books published in 32 languages. Holst is Dr Edward de Bono’s partner in Europe. Click here for more information about Dr de Bono and his tools. Would you like to change how people think? Consider adding Dr Edward de Bono’s tools to your portfolio and become an accredited de Bono trainer.  ]]>