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The Fine Art of Making Bad Decisions

August 13, 2018 by Michael Dobson

  Scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are trapped on the edge of the cliff. “Way I look at it, we can either fight or give. If we give, we go to jail. If we fight, they can go for position and shoot us, wait and starve […]

Filed Under: Project Management, Sidewise Thinking Tagged With: bad decisions, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, creativity, decision-making, management, sidewise thinking

What’s Sidewise Thinking?

July 10, 2018 by Michael Dobson

Sewell Avery being taken from his office by National Guardsmen for refusing to settle a strike that endangered delivery of essential goods during World War II At the end of World War II, Montgomery Ward chairman Sewell Avery made a fateful decision. The United States, he was sure, would experience major difficulties moving from a […]

Filed Under: Sidewise Thinking Tagged With: creativity, lateral thinking, sidewise

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