Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.
EDWARD DE BONOMost people are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can’t handle it. What we should be teaching is operational maths because, in general, the maths we need to carry out science is pretty straightforward.
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Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.
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I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don’t acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.
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If you never change your mind, why have one?
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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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The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.
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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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The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn’t about charity, it’s about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.
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We still seek to solve conflicts with ‘judgement’ instead of designing the way forwards.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.
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