DK Essential Managers: Making Decisions

Developing Creative Thinking

There is a common misconception that creative thinking, and therefore the ability to make innovative decisions, is an inborn talent that cannot be learned. Try to develop the quality and originality of your ideas by adopting new methods of thinking.

Put all personal feelings aside for the duration of idea sessions.

Make people think atypically, and they may come up with atypical ideas.

Embracing new ideas

People – and organizations – form habits of thinking just as they form other habits. Many organizations that ...