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Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 15
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