Edward de Bono, a Malta-born British physician, author, and consultant
Edward de Bono: "‘I find everything beautiful, everything,’ he says. ‘I am very much against the notion that for something to be beautiful, it has to be in a frame in an art gallery with someone reviewing it. Beauty may be the elegance of a mathematical solution, it can be a Penthouse centrefold, design, a rainy day … anything.’"
In 2005, the inaugural chair was awarded to Professor Edward de Bono, for his work in the field of creative thinking and in the direct teaching of thinking as a skill.
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Subsequently, In 1999 Business magazine ranked him as one of the top top 5 management consultants next to Michael Porter, Tom Peters and Edward de Bono.