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‘Rightly to be great is not to

stir without great argument.’

Shakespeare
‘Men
sleep well

in the
Inn
of
Decision.’

Old Arab Proverb

Creativity and innovation

i) Personal reminders

The seven habits of successful creative thinkers are:
1 Thinking outside the apparent confines of the problem/situation
2 Welcoming chance intrusions

3 Listening to your depth mind (the unconscious mind)
4 Suspending judgement
5 Using the stepping stones of analogy

6 Tolerating ambiguity
7 Banking ideas from all sources

Innovation needs the generation, harvesting and implementation of
ideas and managers good at innovation accept risk, are flexible and
are motivated to take ideas through to completion.

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