The wisdom of The People (4)
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February 25, 2009 at 12:22am
“I was in Mauritius and had a meeting with the prime minister, who is a big fan of mine. And I said, why don’t you – for just one day – use the six hats concept in parliament? The speaker would get up and declare yellow-hat time, which means that unless you have something positive to say you keep quiet. Then it’s black-hat time, where negatives and downsides are expressed. And at the end it will be red-hat time when they can insult each other as much as they like. He likes the idea. That will change parliament completely.”
– Edward de Bono, in an interview with Kurt Sansone, The Sunday Times, 22 February
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Another ”President of the World”………..but this guy is so so so incredible. Well, the one good thing is I suddenly feel so sane.
Having had to sit through two modules (six months) of Creative Thinking at University, I have to say it was completely, and utterly useless. But hey, if mediocrity makes one guy famous, why should I stop him?
Stupidity aside, I’m detecting an excellent reality show during red-hat time :)
What about the ladybird hat (red with black spots) normally worn by FAA?
Yesterday I saw him walking in Rabat with a killer purple tie and a splendid young blonde in tow… never thought the King ventured outside his palace…
A blue hat so that it’s the PN’s turn to speak, and a red hat for the LP to speak. But no the red hat is used already. Then maybe a purple one?
The quote above about the “six hats concept” mercifully leaves us three hats short though. Thank you for sparing us the three other hats Daphne. No matter how long you continue to work in the field of journalism, this will always be your finest moment in editorship.
I can see the Mauritius parliament falling for this, and it would be quite a show to watch. Can you imagine the UK parliament or the US Congress doing this? No! Of course not. That’s how really crazy it is.
I’m surprised he didn’t suggest the Hogwarts Sorting hat.
Isn’t that today’s parliament with everyone wearing all the hats at once?
RE Tony ‘… suddenly feel so sane.’
Now, THAT scares me!
Daphne, how about this for The wisdom of the People 5 – from Silvio Parnis – Malta Independent of today
“Another month has passed since my last contribution to this newspaper and still no action was taken by the government to reduce the electricity tariffs. People are still left in the dark towards what will happen to the tariffs and what is the real reason why the govenment is taking this long”
Did anybody proof-read this article? I wonder.
Daphne, how about taking English language lessons from Silvio? Not a bad idea.
amrio – Male or female?
For the only good article on Malta Today, Daphne, find us the interview with this chap by Matthew Vella I think. He said that the most you speak to this guy the more your hands itch to hit him (or something in that vein, anyway !)
[Daphne – I don’t think so. Matthew Vella is almost as much of a prick as his boss.]
Tell us old chap, in your esteemed opinion, does the Mauritian air affect brain cells? I am thinking your “fan” the prime minister, and didn’t Marie Benoit live there for some time?
Daphne, just curious – was not Josephine Burns Debono the professor’s mum? Remember her letters to The Times back in the 1970s/1980s?
[Daphne – I don’t remember them, but I do remember the ‘grown-ups’ remarking about them. Pro-Labour and pro-Mintoff, I believe? But then we can’t be blamed for our mothers. I wouldn’t be best pleased if anyone held my sons to account for their mother.]
Daphne, not too sure a mother’s influence, especially if she’s an intelligent strong-minded individual, doesn’t leave its mark on her children. Isn’t that what up-bringing, good or bad is all about? Plus the fact that certain character traits, attitudes, and on the negative side hang-ups, complexes etc are very often transmitted to the kids. Although I do believe that the social environment and academic development are important factors which ultimately are determining factors along with the genetic ones.
@ Stephen Spiteri:
Here it is: it was by Karl Schembri not Matthew Vella. However he still wanted to hit him.
[Daphne – Please don’t post entire articles on the comments-board. A link is sufficient. Find the page again, copy what appears in the domain name bar at the top of the screen, and paste it here. It links automatically. You needn’t do anything else.]
Sorry about the long post above; here is the link.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2009/01/04/interview.html