Paul Sloane
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Paul Sloane is a British author and speaker on lateral thinking and innovation. He was born in 1950 in Johnstone, Scotland and was educated at St Joseph's College, Blackpool and Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he read Engineering. From 1974 to 1984 he worked for IBM in Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing and he was part of the team that launched the IBM PC in the UK in 1982. He became UK Marketing Director and then Managing Director of the database company, Ashton-Tate. He was later VP International for Mathsoft and CEO of Monactive.
He is the author of 14 books of lateral thinking puzzles, many co-authored with Des MacHale. His first book, Lateral Thinking Puzzlers, published by Sterling Publishing in 1991 established his reputation in this field.
His leading business book is The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills published by Kogan Page in 2003. In it he develops the concept of the Lateral Leader, someone who inspires their team to achieve breakthrough thinking and innovation.
He lives in Camberley, Surrey, UK with his wife Ann. He gives talks and workshops on leadership and innovation.
[edit] Shortlist of publications
- Lateral Thinking Puzzlers (1991, Sterling)
- Challenging Lateral Thinking Puzzles (with Des MacHale 1993, Sterling)
- Test your Lateral Thinking IQ (1994, Sterling)
- Ingenious Lateral Thinking Puzzles (with Des MacHale 1998, Sterling)
- Colorful Lateral Thinking Puzzles (with Des MacHale 2003, Sterling)
- The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills (2003, Kogan-Page)
