Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will... by Edward de Bono

Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.

Edward de Bono

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Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.

car perfect may

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

judgement knowing decision

When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.

perseverance helping-others time

America is not just a country, it's an idea. by Edward de Bono

America is not just a country, it's an idea.

4th-of-july country ideas

Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it. by Edward de Bono

Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.

learning management knowledge

Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.

communication perception ignorance

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.

energy simple attention

It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.

bad-ass creativity business

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.

creativity creative thinking

Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after u... by Edward de Bono

Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.

simplicity understanding simple

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.

way-forward design business

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents... by Edward de Bono

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

positive-attitude differences happiness

You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future by Edward de Bono

You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future

design decision past

The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.

real enough people

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is importa... by Edward de Bono

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.

perception important thinking

It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace i... by Edward de Bono

It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.

truth action lying

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.

analysis play education

The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in... by Edward de Bono

The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.

reflection mind people

Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Suc... by Edward de Bono

Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.

waiting-around opportunity lying

The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven. by Edward de Bono

The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.