A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.

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

Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.

Although feelings are not supposed to intrude on business discussions, they do anyway - we just disguise them as logic.

You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper

Analysis is simplifying, breaking down things into parts, picking out strands and elements. Analysis is comparing unknown things with things that are known. Analysis also involves picking out relationships and putting them back together as a whole.

To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field.