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Design Quotes by Edward de Bono
- Complacency with our traditional judgement based thinking methods is not enough. Our existing thinking habits are excellent just as the rear wheel of a motor…
- We still seek to solve conflicts with 'judgement' instead of designing the way forwards.
- You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future
- If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
- A good design is not a democratic consensus.
- We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.
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