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Management consultant stays ahead of the curve with innovative thinking

Harvard Professional Development

Programs: Design Thinking: Creating Better Customer Experiences (in person) ; Advanced Business Strategy: Gaining a Competitive Edge (online) ; Creative Thinking: Innovative Solutions to Complex Challenges (online). Design Thinking and Creative Thinking are very much mindset programs with tools and applications.

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Why Thinking “Outside the Box” Doesn’t Work

Lateral Action

The trainer then trots out the conventional explanation of the puzzle: we can't solve the problem as long as we are thinking 'inside the box' created by our assumptions. Once we start to think 'outside the box' we open up many more possibilities and it becomes easy to solve the problem. What Do You Think?

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TOP TEN TIPS FOR CREATIVITY

Imagineer7

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.” No, not everyone is creative.

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Lazy Bones. In praise of Laziness and Boredom.

Charles Leon

Lazy cultures Here in the West and the modern age, we have been educated to use laziness as a pejorative term. Creative thinking involves risk (of failure) and effort (mental energy). If your brain is constantly occupied, you don't allow creative problem-solving thoughts to happen. "We