About Us

The Thinking Club is UCT's newest society. We're a totally free society that meets every Tuesday at Meridian (1-1:45pm) in Snape TS2C. Our aim is to get people thinking: about entrepreneurship, philosophy, design and culture. We cater to all faculties and have a diverse membership base.

The Thinking Club is modelled on the thinking clubs outlined by Dr De Bono in his book, "Edward De Bono's Thinking Course". The Club is made up of out-of-the-box thinkers from all over campus, who get together to discuss interesting ideas using tools and frameworks designed by De Bono. The meet-ups are creative, interesting and most importantly, help members learn tools that will make them better lateral thinkers. That means becoming more creative, more innovative and better system designers.

This year, we have some great sessions lined up. We'll be covering tools to help you:

  • maximise lateral thinking.
  • generate alternative solutions.
  • work as a team using the six thinking hats.
  • consider all the consequences and make better intertemporal decisions.
  • avoid common social biases like the fundamental attribution error - i.e. don't judge a book by its cover!

    • For the full list of our past and future events, see the events page! For the full scoop on our plans, our society and how we can help you - come to one of our meetings - Tuesday 1pm, Snape TS2C.

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    Lateral Thinking and Dr De Bono

    Say our brains are like cars. Someone with a very powerful car would be a danger to others if they didn't know how to drive it properly. And someone with a modest car would need to be an exceptionally skilled driver in order to make the most out of their vehicle. Well, if our brains are the vehicles, then thinking is the skill we use to drive them. Every one of us is a thinker and we can all improve that skill.

    Dr. Edward De Bono (for more, see here) has dedicated his life to developing structured tools to help people improve their thinking skills. An author of far too many books and a Nobel Prize nominee (for economics), his CoRT curriculum is the most widely used course to teach the skill of thinking in schools around the world.