{"id":20,"date":"2008-09-26T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T09:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20"},"modified":"2024-02-29T13:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T13:37:15","slug":"de-bono-weekly-message-thinking-through-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/de-bono-weekly-message-thinking-through-a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"De Bono Weekly Message &#8211; Thinking through a problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">Because we often consider &#8216;thinking&#8217; to be problem solving we do not think much about matters which are not problems. If there is a wide open road ahead of us we do not stop to consider the side roads. This is what I call &#8216;blocked by openness&#8217;. Many things continue because they are reasonably satisfactory so we never think any more about them. A classic example is democracy which is full of faults and limitations but can never be challenged. I can think of at least four ways in which democracy could be greatly improved. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">Whose business is it to think about things which are not problems?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\"><a title=\"Who is Dr Edward de Bono\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/about-us\/edward-de-bono\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>EDWARD DE BONO<\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong>\u00a0&#8211; September 2008.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\"><strong>Want to create a Thinking Manager in your company?<\/strong>\u00a0 Call our consulting team on +44 (0)20 3836 8640 for full details about the innovation, evaluation, communication and activation of ideas and change in your organisation, or review Dr Edward de Bono&#8217;s videos at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>www.indigobusiness.co.uk<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because we often consider &#8216;thinking&#8217; to be problem solving we do not think much about matters which are not problems. 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