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for the most favorable result. No matter how your group scores, you’ll
find additional valuable insights into managing people for optimal cre-
ative output in Chapter 18, “Mind Farming.”

A. Are the people in your organization quick to find fault with new
ideas?

1. Always
2. Very often
3. Frequently
4. Sometimes
5. Never

B. How many of the people in your group are attached to how
things are done?

1. All
2. Most
3. Many
4. Some
5. None

C. How often do your managers bring out fresh thinking in their
people?

1. Never
2. Sometimes
3. Frequently
4. Very often
5. Always

D. How often do the people in your organization stop at their first
good idea?

1. Always
2. Very often
3. Frequently
4. Sometimes
5. Never

E. How many ideas—good and bad (even those you discount
immediately)—are generated by people in your group during a
typical brainstorming session?
1. 10 or less
2. 11–25
3. 26–50