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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

Edward de Bono

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Edward de Bono
Age: 88 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 19
Died: 2021
Died: June 9
Philosopher
Physician
Psychologist
University Teacher
Republic of Malta
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono
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Innovation
Buddhism
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Lateral thinking... is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.
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Do we have the will to make poverty history?
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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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You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
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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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Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
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Analysis is simplifying, breaking down things into parts, picking out strands and elements. Analysis is comparing unknown things with things that are known. Analysis also involves picking out relationships and putting them back together as a whole.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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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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It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
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Explaining belief has alwayas been difficult. How do you explain a love and a logic at the heart of the universe when the world is so out of whack? Explaining faith is impossible - vision over visibility - instinct over intellect - a songwriter plays a chore with the faith that he will hear the next one in his head.
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It is well known that problem avoidance is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream and alter the system so that the problem does not occur in the first place.
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To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing.
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As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.
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A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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People should realize we're jerks just like them.
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