英国剑桥大学教授爱德华·德博诺是横向思维的积极倡导者。他认为,生活中有时碰到的问题,当用常规办法无法解决时,人们应该尝试换个角度,使用迁回或反向的思考方式来寻求问题的解决之道。为了说明他的观点,爱德华·德博诺讲了一个故事。有一家公司新搬入一幢摩天大楼,不久就遇到了一个难题。由于当初楼内安装的电梯过少,员工上下班时经常要等很长时间,为此怨声不断。 Edward de Bono, a professor at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, is an active advocate of horizontal thinking. In his view, sometimes problems encountered in life can not be solved by conventional methods. People should try to find ways to solve the problem by using a retrogressive or reverse thinking method from another perspective. To illustrate his point, Edward de Bono telling a story. A company recently moved into a skyscraper and soon encountered a problem. Since the original floor of the elevator installed too few, employees often have to wait for a long time commuting, this constant grievances.