Edward de Bono Facts

• Edward de Bono has written 70 book with translations into 40 languages and has been invited to lecture in 58 countries.
• Edward de Bono has personally taught his thinking skills to over 200,000 people and has certified professional trainers and facilitators worldwide in his thinking methods.   
• The de Bono methods are part of the mandatory school curriculum in many countries.   
• The International Astronomical Union named a planet after Edward de Bono in recognition of his contribution to humanity.   
• There are over 4 million references to Dr. Edward de Bono on the Internet.   
• Dr. Edward de Bono is currently the chairman of the Council of Young Enterprise Europe which has a membership of 1,500,000 youngsters across Europe, Israel and Russia who set up mini-businesses while at school.   
• Edward de Bono has established the World Academy of New Thinking™ (WANT) which is an association of those who believe in the need for new thinking and the importance of new thinking.   
• Dr. Edward de Bono was recently named one the 'Top 50 Business Intellectuals.'    
• Named one of 20 visionaries who will have the strongest influence on the thinking of managers in 2003 by Austrian magazine BUSINESS PEOPLE.