Introduction

In January, 1987, over 500 people found their way to Waikiki Beach in the Hawaiian Islands to participate in the Third International Conference on Thinking. For a change, these people did not come primarily to play, although that was not completely ruled out. Rather, over a 5-day period they listened to plenary speeches given by some of the world's best known scholars from a variety of disciplines and persuasions, heard papers presented by researchers from far and wide, and participated in workshops conducted by some of the most creative practitioners and theoreticians in the field of thinking. In addition, they helped to celebrate the beginning of The Year of the Hawaiian, with its theme expressed by the Hawaiian word ho'olako “to enrich.”