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,博诺先生提出了这样一个问题:某工厂的办公楼原是一片2层楼建筑,占地面积很大。为了有效利用地皮,工厂新建了一幢12层的办公大楼,并准备拆掉旧办公楼。员工搬进了新办公大楼不久,便开始抱怨大楼的电梯不够快、不够多。 Edward Bono of Oxford University is highly respected “horizontal thinking ”. In a lecture, Mr. Bono raised the issue that a factory’s office building was originally a two-story building and covered a large area. In order to effectively use the land, the factory has built a 12-storey office building and is ready to demolish the old office building. Shortly after the staff moved into the new office building, they began complaining that the elevator in the building was not fast enough and not enough.