The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

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

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.

You do not go out into the street in your underwear, although usually you are wearing underwear. The underwear is not visible but it is there all the time. It is the same with concepts. They are there. They underlie practical things we do- even when we are not conscious of them.

I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.

On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn't about charity, it's about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.

Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.