“Six Thinking Hats” – By Edward De Bono His instruction in thinking has been sought by many multinational organizations: Google, IBM, Prudential, GM, BT (UK), NTT (Japan), Nokia (Finland), Mondadori (Italy), Total (France), Siemens (Germany), Bosch (Germany), Ericsson (Sweden), shell,Apple,BHP and many others. His methods are now mandatory in the school curriculum in many countries and widely used in others. Edward De Bono (1933) is a physician, writer, inventor and consultant. He is the originator of the term lateral thinking and has developed the famous decision making method: the Six Thinking Hats. 2014 L     ...

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CBB calls for policy stability and facilitation of trade with an FTA with the UK Roshanie Jayasundera-Moraes, Executive Vice President of John Keells Holdings, was re-elected as President of the CBB of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce at a virtually held AGM on 20 July 2021. Addressing the membership, she called for policy stability in order to facilitate business, build confidence among investors and attract FDI. She also called for a negotiation of an FTA between the UK and SL post Brexit.   “Sri Lanka provides significant opportunities for British companies looking to access larger South Asian markets that have some of the fastest growing economies as well as sizeable populations. In order to facilitate this, we are fully aware that SL needs to improve its ranking on the Ease of Doing Business Index and it’s encouraging to know that our policy makers have made this a priority. We look forward ...

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