Kick-Starting Your Thinking

Six Thinking HatsLast week, carbonhouse had the pleasure of hosting creativity guru Carlos Salum, president of global consulting firm Salum International.

Carlos personally studied with the world’s noted master on creativity, Dr. Edward de Bono, author of the Six Thinking Hats and other bestsellers. He coaches companies and star athletes worldwide on how to achieve breakthrough creativity and performance.

Over the course of several hours, Carlos revealed the problems most of us encounter in terms of “group think” and other barriers to creativity. We are taught, for example, to defend our ideas—often in a very competitive and even arrogant manner. Read the rest of this entry »