Edward de Bono's Timeline of Achievements


Starts as Undergraduate of Malta University at age fifteen.
1948

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1953
Offered Rhodes scholarship before graduation as doctor but needs to wait till attaining legal age of 21 before taking this up.
Goes to Christchurch, Oxford as a Rhodes scholar to begin PPP degree. He obtains special permission to take only two of the three PPP subjects so he drops Philosophy, graduating with a BA, 2nd Class to which some express surprise.
1955

   
 
 
 
 
   
1958
Job as Research Assistant in the Department of Regius Professor of Medicine, whilst studying for D.Phil in Medicine. An MA followed the BA. D.Phil with Sir George Pickering at the Radcliffe Hospital.
Junior lecturer in Medicine at Oxford
1960-61

   
 
 
 
 
   
1967
The Use of Lateral Thinking
The 5 Day Course in Thinking
1967

   
 
 
 
 
     
1969
The Mechanism of Mind.
Lateral Thinking: A Textbook in Creativity.
1970
     
 
 
 
 
     
1970
The Dog Exercising Machine.
Practical Thinking and Different Ways of being Right and Wrong (Later: Practical Thinking: 4 Ways to Be Right, 5 Ways to Be Wrong, 5 Ways to Understand).
1971
     
 
 
 
 
     
1971
Lateral Thinking for Management.
Married Josephine Hall-White, two children: Caspar and Charles.
1972
     
 
 
 
 
     
1972
PO: Beyond Yes and No.
Children Solve Problems.
1972
     
 
 
 
 
     
1974
Eureka! An Illustrated History of Invention.
Teaching Thinking
1976
     
 
 
 
 
     
1976
The Greatest Thinkers.
The Edward de Bono Science Fiction Collection.
1976
     
 
 
 
 
     
1977
Wordpower: An Illustrated Dictionary of Vital Words.
The Happiness Purpose.
1977
     
 
 
 
 
     
1977
The Case of the Disappearing Elephant.
Opportunities: A Handbook of Business Opportunity Search.
1978
     
 
 
 
 
     
1979
Future Positive.
Atlas of Management Thinking.
1981
     
 
 
 
 
     
1982
de Bono's Thinking Course.
Tactics: The Art and Science of Success.
1984
     
 
 
 
 
     
1985
Conflicts a Better Way to Resolve Them.
Six Thinking Hats.
1985
     
 
 
 
 
     
1985
Masterthinker's Handbook.
Letters to Thinkers.
1987
     
 
 
 
 
     
1990
I am Right, you are Wrong.
Positive Revolution for Brazil
1990
     
 
 
 
 
     
1991
Six Action Shoes.
Sur/Petition: Going Beyond Competition (later: Sur/Petition: Creating Value Monopolies When Everyone is Merely Competing).
1992
     
 
 
 
 
     
1992
Serious Creativity.
Teach Your Child How To Think.
1992
     
 
 
 
 
     
1993
Water Logic.
Parallel Thinking: From Socratic to de Bono Thinking.
1994
     
 
 
 
 
     
1995
Mind Pack.
Teach Yourself How to Think.
1995
     
 
 
 
 
     
1996
Edward de Bono's Textbook of Wisdom.
How To Be More Interesting.
1997
     
 
 
 
 
     
1998
Simplicity.
New Thinking for the New Millennium.
1999
     
 
 
 
 
     
2000
Super Mind Pack.
The de Bono Code Book.
2000
     
 
 
 
 
     
2002
The Y.E.A.H. TEAM.
Why So Stupid? How The Human Race Has Never Really Learned How to Think.
2003
     
 
 
 
 
     
2004
How To Have a Beautiful Mind.
Six Value Medals.
2005
     
 
 
 
 
     
2006
Kotta Koda.
Free or Unfree: Are Americans Really Free.
2007
     
 
 
 
 
     
2007
62 Exercises to Develop the Mind.
H+: A New Religion?
2008
     
 
 
 
 
     
2008
Six Frames for Thinking about Information.
Think! Before It's Too Late (Alternative original title: Before You Think Green, Think Clean!).
2009
     
 
 
 
 
     
2010
The Love of Two Cockroaches.