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Preliminary, Subject to Change Posted: 11.25.2013CreativityWhat to Remember When Waking In that first hardly noticed moment in which you wake coming back to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into a new day which closes the moment you begin your plans. What you can plan is too small for you to live. What you can live wholeheartedly will make plans for the vitality hidden in your sleep… David Whyte _______________________________________________________________________Week of February 17 thGary Hamel suggests that we are moving from a world where competitive advantage was based principally on rapid imitation, low cost, and improving upon others’ best practices to a world where in addition to these factors, imagination, keeping options open, inductive skills, and the creation of new customer solutions are all essential. These latter requirements place a high premium on unlocking creative thinking and actions. This class explores how one injects more creativity into an organization and into the lives of individuals. 12