Appoint Minister for Thinking, advises de Bono

ALL governments should appoint a Minister for Thinking, the world’s leading authority on creative thinking suggested yesterday.

That, coupled with a new internal currency to stimulate spending, could drag Ireland out of its recession, Dr Edward de Bono said.

The internationally renowned speaker, who developed the original concept of lateral thinking, was speaking before delivering a keynoteaddress at Cork Instituteof Technology’s (CIT)annual innovation awards ceremony.