牛津大学的爱德华·博诺先生非常推崇横向思维。在一次讲座中,博诺先生提出这样一个问题:工厂的办公楼原是一片两层楼建筑,占地面积很大。为了充分利用地皮,工厂新建了一幢12层的办公大楼,并准备拆掉旧楼。员工搬进新楼不久,便开始抱怨大楼的电梯不够快、不够多,尤其是在上下班高峰期,得花很长时间等电梯。 Edward Bono of Oxford University is very much in favor of horizontal thinking. In a lecture, Mr. Bono raised the question that the factory’s office building was originally a two-story building and covered a large area. In order to make full use of the land, the factory has built a 12-storey office building and is ready to demolish the old buildings. Shortly after the staff moved into the new building, they began complaining that the elevator in the building was not fast enough and not enough. In particular, it took a long time for elevators to wait for rush hour.