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Cheat Notes for Chapter 18: Mind Farming

• People are different animals; their creativity needs to be culti-
vated differently.

• Everyone falls principally into either the “thinking” modes of
rationals or dreamers, or the “doing” modes of crafters or
laborers.

• All individuals have a dominant thinking mode and a domi-
nant doing mode, one of which is their superdominant mode,
which normally defines that person’s primary value to the
organization.

• Management can do some basic things to develop creative
thinkers: Provide challenges, encouragement, freedom, and
understanding.

• The Do-It-Yourself Lobotomy thinking tools stimulate the pri-
mary traits of creative thinking: curiosity, active mind, and
fresh perspective.

• Manage for creativity and you will get creativity. Put the lid
on creativity and you rob your organization of a valuable
resource.