We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.
EDWARD DE BONOChild mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That’s a rate of 7,256 children’s lives saved each day. It drives me nuts that most people don’t seem to know this news.
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The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.
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Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.
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Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.
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The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
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You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
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Traditional thinking is all about “what is” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
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We still seek to solve conflicts with ‘judgement’ instead of designing the way forwards.
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Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
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I’m a very loyal and unreliable friend.
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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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Child mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That’s a rate of 7,256 children’s lives saved each day. It drives me nuts that most people don’t seem to know this news.
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Happiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.
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