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Brainstorming is taught as the primary tool for creative thinking. The problem is it doesn’t work. Don’t get me wrong. There are some who do it well. IDEO is legendary for their ability to brainstorm. They have rules painted on the walls. Everyone learns them. It works for them. They are the exception, not the [...]

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Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard

January 26, 2010Books to Read

They’ve done it again. You don’t have to be a prophet to know that the ideas that Dan & Chip put forth in this book are going to enter the lexicon quickly. Their ability to find disparate stories and weave them into a cohesive narrative is rivaled only by Malcolm Gladwell (IMHO). But it is [...]

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Doing versus thinking…

January 20, 2010Agency

It’s really nice to just sit and think about things – to roll them around in your mind, take them apart and reconstruct them in various ways. In a way, it is very satisfying. But only in a way – and that way is fleeting. Just a moment. Doing is very different. It is messy [...]

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