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A good design is not a democratic consensus.

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
Consensus
Motivation
Democratic
Design
Business
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I'm tired of dreaming. I'm into doing at the moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after.
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The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.
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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
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Do we have the will to make poverty history?
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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Child mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That's a rate of 7,256 children's lives saved each day. ... It drives me nuts that most people don't seem to know this news.
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Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.
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Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
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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.
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I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn't have the established route to it.
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The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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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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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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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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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
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Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you. You drag in some general-purpose value words. You throw in a sneer or two about the opposition, and you are a fine fellow who made a fine speech.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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