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“One of the foremost thinkers on leadership”

Sir John Harvey-Jones

THE ART OF

CREATIVE THINKING

How to be Innovative and Develop Great Ideas

JOHN ADAIR

THE ART OF

CREATIVE THINKING

THE ART OF

CREATIVE THINKING

How to be innovative and develop great ideas

JOHN ADAIR

London and Philadelphia

Publisher’s note Every possible effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this book is accurate at the time of going to press, and the publishers and authors cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions, however caused. No responsibility for loss or damage occasioned to any person acting, or refraining from action, as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by the editor, the publisher or the author. First published in Great Britain in 1990 by the Talbot Adair Press This edition published in Great Britain and the United States by Kogan Page Limited in 2007 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms and licences issued by the CLA. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside these terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned addresses: 120 Pentonville Road London N1 9JN United Kingdom www.kogan-page.co.uk © John Adair, 1990, 2007 The right of John Adair to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ISBN-10 ISBN-13 0 7494 4799 0 978 0 7494 4799 1 525 South 4th Street, #241 Philadelphia PA 19147 USA

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