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The Art of Possibility
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The Art of Possibility

by Rosamund Zander, Benjamin Zander
September 2000
Intermediate to advanced
206 pages
5h 1m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Content preview from The Art of Possibility

THE SECOND PRACTICE

STEPPING INTO A Universe of Possibility

ONCE YOU HAVE BEGUN to distinguish that it’s all invented, you can create a place to dwell where new inventions are the order of the day. Such a place we call “the universe of possibility,” and stepping into it is our second practice. This universe—like the page that holds the nine dots—extends beyond the borders that confine us to our everyday reality.

You may ask, “What are these borders, and what is this everyday reality?”

THE WORLD OF MEASUREMENT

We propose to call our familiar everyday world the “world of measurement” in order to highlight the central position held by assessments, scales, standards, grades, and comparisons. In this story of the everyday, each of us strives for ...

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