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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

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What are the mental processes, attitudes, work habits, behaviors, and beliefs that enable creative geniuses to view the same things as the rest of us, yet see something different? You Are Creative. Artists are not special, but each of us is a special kind of artist who enters the world as a creative and spontaneous thinker.

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Is Brainstorming a Waste of Time?

Lateral Action

Richard Huntington, Director of Strategy for Saatchi & Saatchi in the UK, has a pathological hatred of brainstorming : I hate brainstorms. And so six months ago I cleansed my professional life of this trojan horse of mediocrity, favouring aggregated individual working or two person thinking sessions. Photo by jurvetson.

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Believing Our Own Lies

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” People who cheat on their tax returns will believe that “The government expects you to cheat” and that people will think you are stupid if you don’t. Historically, many government leaders end up believing their own lies. Or, alternatively, “I’m underpaid so I deserve a little something extra on the side.”

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TOP TEN TIPS FOR CREATIVITY

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Some of Michael’s creative-thinking techniques that were refined by his government and corporate practice were published in his best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.” The ultimate brainstorming guide.

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THE EXQUISITE CORPSE

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Best-selling creativity expert Michael Michalko shows that in every field of endeavor, from business and science to government, the arts, and even day-to-day life — natural creativity is limited by the prejudices of logic and the structures of accepted categories and concepts. Why doesn’t education foster more ingenuity?

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THE TIPPING POINT OF AMERICA?

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Karl Marx’s overthrow of the Czar when the Russians lost faith in the integrity of their government? I’ve observed a predominance of liberalism in the universities and, consequently a growing dominance of liberalism in government, education, media, religion, community organizers, law and labor.

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Democratic Leadership: Its Advantages and Characteristics

Vantage Circle

Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”. Word ‘Democracy’ means “run by people,” and Churchill mentioned even though it might be flawed it is yet the best method of governance. And, his words fit well while governing a workplace, too.