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Leaders: Where Are Your Best Ideas Born? The Power Of Incubation

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Guest post by Roger L. Dr. Roger Firestien has taught more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. Firestien, PhD : I’d bet you a hundred dollars that you don’t get your best ideas at work. At work, most of us are in implementation mode. Action mode. Make-it-happen mode.

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A Little Common Sense

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Will Rogers What is “common sense”? “Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.” ? René Descartes “Common sense ain''t common.” ? Can it be learned, and if so, how? Read my latest post at About.com Management & Leadership to find out.

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Why Leaders Need to Stop Making the Decisions

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At AES, the global energy company I co-founded with Roger Sant, we did not always do a good job of carrying out the advice process, especially the requirement to reach beyond the team or business unit where the decision-maker worked. In my opinion, all issues of importance require the decision maker to get advice.

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