
About de Bono for Business
A Division of The Opportunity Thinker
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“Strengthen your future with
fresh new thinking.” |
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Our
vision is to create a world
in which there is harmony. |
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Our
mission is to equip clients to reliably do what seems
to be impossible. |
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Our
core values — we will: |
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Work
with an open mind;
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Ensure confidential information stays that way;
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Create no harm in our business, community, and personal
relationships.
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Click here to
meet Lynda Curtin, our business leader.
Global Reach
Our business clients have taken us to work in Canada,
China, Costa Rica, Europe, Singapore and the United States. We understand the shifts taking
place inside many major corporations today and are prepared to work with
you wherever you are located or where you need us.
The Gold Standard
After much research in the 1980s and 1990s, we chose
to use de Bono’s thinking tools in our business with our clients. They
are the undisputed gold standard of creativity and innovation tools
available throughout the world. They stand the test of time. They are
practical. They work. It just didn’t make sense to reinvent the wheel.
Examples of Business Applications
where Clients are Applying de Bono Tools
Product development/R&D
Change management
Leadership development
Marketing strategies
Business development
Ideation meetings
Supply chain management
Six Sigma facilitation tools
Strategic thinking
Cost cutting
OD/HR consulting
Employee retention
Conflict resolution
Packaging development
Sales strategies
Cross cultural teams
Breakthrough meeting facilitation |
Risk assessment
Team development
Advertising campaigns
Do more with less challenges
Innovation tools
Project management
Continuous improvement challenges
Business planning
Opportunity searching
Brainstorming process
Customer development
Contract negotiations
Distribution channels
Product knowledge
Strategic partnerships |
We Offer the Complete Line of de Bono Methods
We are serious about helping our clients strengthen
their businesses with fresh new thinking. We know from over 15 years of
experience with de Bono’s tools we can’t do a good job of meeting your
needs by providing training in only one or two of his tool kits; six
thinking hats® and lateral thinking™ are the two most widely offered. We
need to be able to provide you with enterprise wide solutions if that is
what you need — breakthrough meeting facilitation, certification
training, software application support, facilitator development, online
tutorials, and coaching are just some examples. We are set up to best
meet your needs.
A Sampling of Clients
ABB Finland
OSHA
Nestlé
Raytheon
Genentech
Sanford Corporation
David and Sons
Wells Fargo
De Bono Thinking Systems, Inc.
Young & Rubicam
AstraZeneca
Scotia Capital Markets
Stanford
Sears Canada, Inc. |
Washington Mutual Bank
Universal Studios
The Zenith Insurance
Southern California Edison
Porter Novelli
Orange County Register
Moen
Microsoft
Kerr-McGee
Innova Training & Consulting, Inc.
Hewlett Packard
City of Fresno
Caltech
Amgen |
How we Work
It starts with a conversation with your decision maker.
Together we will uncover needs, results required, why at this time, what
if you chose to do nothing, success measures and other critical
information. We then prepare a recommendation of options that will meet
your deliverables and consult with you to help you select the solution
that best meets your needs. The contract process follows. You issue a
purchase order and we do the work. We work with you every step of the
way to ensure your needs are met. We end with a formal debrief to ensure
you are on track and that we capture lessons learned that we can
incorporate into our practices.
Our Team
We are very careful to work with the top de Bono
Thinking Systems, Inc. trained facilitators and master trainers. They
are business experts and understand the fast pace of work and change
today. You deserve the very best. If our leader,
Lynda Curtin is available to
meet your needs, she will be very happy to work with you. Clients enjoy
her energy, enthusiasm and high level of expertise.
Click here to
meet Lynda Curtin, our business leader.
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