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Welcome to our Ideas That Matter, a list of ideas, issues, and trends. Once in a while a new idea pops up that infects our thinking and shapes how we work and respond. When that happens it ends up here. So visit us every now and then and see what new ideas have appeared on these pages.
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(From our archives)
Climb Without the Ladder.
What can you do when you reach the "top" of
the ladder, but you want to go further? You know the world
extends beyond the top rung, but you don't know how to reach
it. Try climbing without the ladder.
Ladders represent the tyranny of facts and data
that hold us down each day. How often do we sit in meetings
discussing the factual constraints of a situation to reach
an innovative solution? Sounds backwards, huh? Similarly, we
struggle to think outside the box. Forget the box! Its mere
presence in our mind represents the physical constraints of
our preconceived notions, knowledge, and sense of reality.
Are you trying to discover new markets, transform
your industry, or even just finish that newsletter? If you
want to climb beyond the ladder, you must travel beyond what
your mind knows to be true AND false.
Harriet Rubin, the former editor of Doubleday/Currency,
has assembled a list of "five uses of imaginative capital" from
history's great leaders. Her article, The New Merchants of
Light is inspired by Francis Bacon's essay, New Atlantis where
he writes about the great merchant traders and capitalists
of the Renaissance who dedicated their personal wealth and
reputations to travel beyond the edge of the maps.
Read on below to find out about the oratory secrets
of Winston Churchill, how Admiral Stockdale summoned strength
and salvation from his imagination, and Ted Turner's near sacrifice
of his life to prove to the world the need for CNN.
Want to learn how to use your imagination to
free yourself from the facts? Check out Harriet Rubin’s The
New Merchant of Light inspired by Francis Bacon’s
essay, New
Atlantis where he writes about how the great merchant
traders and capitalists of the Renaissance dedicated their
personal wealth and reputations to travel beyond the edge of
the maps.
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