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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.

Edward de Bono

We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information.
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Information Need Substitute Thinking
We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.
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Place Problem Remove Solve
Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
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Logic Mistake Thinking
A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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Democracy Goodness One Liner
Traditional thinking is all about “what is” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
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Future Thinking Traditional Willing
A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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Character Discover Ideas Intuition Solution
Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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Enough Excellence Existence Habit Thinking
Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new idea.
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Existence Ideas Immortal Spring
Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.
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Car Mistake Production Remove
What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
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Change Display Important Joke Perception Thinking
Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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Analysis Believe Business Data Executive Ideas Mindset Perspective Science Wrong
Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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Complex Creation Creativity Focus Simplicity
Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
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Discover Ideas Lying Need Opportunity Production
Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.
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Attitude Construction Exception Moments People
Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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Change Emotion Logic Perception
Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.
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Change Error Ideas Leadership Mistake Perception Study

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