Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
EDWARD DE BONO
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Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
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Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
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It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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