Dr Michael Hewitt-Gleeson
MICHAEL HEWITT-GLEESON has personally taught more people to think than anyone in history.
28 years ago in New York, with Edward de Bono, he co-founded the School of Thinking. SOT Thinking Lessons have already reached over 80 million people worldwide since 1979.
Since 1985 he has been Principal of the School of Thinking, and, in 1995 he saw that SOT became the world’s first internet school as one of the world’s first 10,000 websites! Today there are over a quarter billion websites.
In 2007, www.schoolofthinking.org exported over one million thinking lessons to SOT members in 46 countries.
Dr Hewitt-Gleeson is a cognitive scientist and is the originator and author of ’software for the brain’ and he also pioneered the ‘thinking hats’ method for teaching thinking skills which has become widely used in schools and businesses around the world. Edward de Bono testifies that, “the ’six thinking hats’ method may well be the most important change in human thinking for the past 2300 years”.
AUTHOR
Dr Hewitt-Gleeson is currently writing his new book called, “The Seventh Hat for Wisdom” for publication in 2008.
He is also Australia’s best-selling business author of:
- Software For Your Brain
- NewSell
- The X10 Memeplex: Multiply Your Business By Ten!
- WOMBAT SELLING: How to sell by Word of Mouth.
His work has been featured in: Readers Digest (April 1983, cover story, worldwide editions), Self (cover story), GQ (cover story), The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, IndustryWeek, Working Woman, Reason, Chemical Engineering, Personal Success (cover story May ‘91), Marketing (cover story), Boardroom Reports, BRW, Financial Review, Australian Women’s Weekly, The Australian, Herald Sun, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald etc and numerous radio and television programs worldwide and on the WWW.
CONSULTANT
Based in New York for 14 years, the United States government described Dr Hewitt-Gleeson as a “national asset”. He has been an international consultant on strategy to a veritable Who’s Who of the world’s movers and shakers.
Michael Hewitt-Gleeson’s advice on THINKING, SELLING and LEADERSHIP has been sought by leaders like Jack Welch of General Electric, Edward de Bono and Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City. By organisations from The United Nations and The White House to IBM, Fujitsu, BMW, Telstra, ANZ and sporting organisations like the Australian Sports Commission.
SPEAKER and TRAINER
Dr Hewitt-Gleeson has lectured in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, China, France, Greece, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Italy, Israel, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Monte Carlo, New Guinea, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Singapore, Tahiti, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and daily on the WWW.
Military Training and Service
His military honours for training and service include:
- Corps Medal, the Veterans Corps of Artillery, State of New York (New York 1990)
- Flying Officer, Royal Australian Air Force Reserve (Melbourne 1969-1974)
- Language Instructor, Vietnamese and Allied Cultural Association (Vung Tau 1968)
- Australian Viet Nam Medal (Nui Dat 1968)
- South Viet Nam Star (Vung Tau 1969)
- Graduate, Jungle Training Centre, Canungra, Australia (Queensland 1968)
- Officer Training Unit, Scheyville, NSW Australia (non-graduate 1968)
- Member, (Accelerated Free Fall, 51 Seconds) United States Parachutists Association (New York 1987)
- Member, (Australia’s Highest Bungee Jump - 18 stories/167 feet) Bungee International (Surfers Paradise 1991)
Academic and Civic Appointments
Dr. Hewitt-Gleeson holds the world’s first PhD in lateral thinking:
- Tutor: Professor Edward de Bono MD, PhD (Oxon), PhD (Camb).
- Examiner: Professor George Gallup PhD, founder of The Gallup Poll at Princeton.
Academic honours, civic and professional appointments include:
- Doctor of Philosophy, Cognitive Science, International College, Los Angeles (California State Department of Education 1980)
- Co-Founder and Chairman, The School of Thinking, New York (1979)
- Member, Centre for the Study of Thinking, Cambridge UK (1980)
- Co-founder with René Dubos and Richard St. Barbe Baker (at the United Nations), The Children of the Green Earth Society (1981)
- President, The Cognitive Research and Training (CoRT) Foundation Inc, New York (1983)
- Managing Director, Edward de Bono Associates Inc, New York (1979)
- Principal, The School of Thinking, Melbourne (1988)
- Member, The Melbourne Savage Club (1991)
- Patron, The Yellow Ribbon Programme, Australia (2004)
- Council Member, Leadership and Learning Council, Melbourne Grammar School (2006).
- Ambassador for Think Victoria and Club Melbourne (2005)
- Patron, Marie Stopes International Australia (2006).
- First Visiting Academic Fellow in Innovation Thinking at the Biosciences Research Division at La Trobe University (2007).
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:34 am
Great work.
I like the principle of Wombat Selling.
Thank you for SDNT and CVSTOBVS.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Marvelous work!
I wish I could do something like this.
December 11th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Michael.
Remember this…CVS to BVS! cvs to bvs, cvs to bvs.
:-)
You presented this to me at a CEO’s conference this year and this little phrase and mindset helped me totally come up with an innovative solution to my problem.
Since your lively and inspiring talk, I have launched my own business and also www.livemygoals.com which contains a free goalsetting and visualisation widget. It’s taking off, and still in beta!
I can honestly say that CVS to BVS was one of the tipping points in generating the out of the box creative thinking that enabled me to launch the website and keep the cashflow going.
Thanks!
November 26th, 2007 at 10:00 am
Hi Michael{
First of all, thank you for inviting me to the Leadership training program; after reading about you , I know I´m in for a very interesting and helpful journey.
September 3rd, 2007 at 8:16 am
Hi Michael,
I would like to be a part of your thinking school - I am not one who can bring financial/corporate ties but I am very interested in education (thinking and doing maths at secondary level) If you have a meeting please let me know so I can attend.
Kind regards Christine
August 21st, 2007 at 12:27 pm
I love your book on Wombat selling it was really help full and enlightening i would love to sit with you and ask you ways of lateral marketing for my type of sales roll
July 6th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
It was really good to read the above, as it gave me a more rounded feel of your background, experiences and what you are about
I appreciate, admire, respect and acknowledge your passion and committment
may the sun shine on you
January 14th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Where can I buy “Software for your Brain” It was highly recomended to me but I cant find it in stores or online.?