As the New Year has started to unfold and the festive season is slowly being forgotten, the daily realities of a hard year will be hitting us all in the face. The bills, the fines, the loans, the lay-offs, the mortgages, and the dwindling tourism figures will be soon making regular headlines. The global financial crisis, albeit so far somehow cushioned, will reach us too, in various forms, and attack the core of our economy and social fabric. .>>

The Embassy of Thinking
The inventor of lateral thinking and the six thinking hats, Edward de Bono, has just been appointed an EU Ambassador for Thinking. Here’s his take on the power of thinking for the difficult year ahead >>