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MESSAGE FOR WEEK BEGINNING 9th February 2009

treatment of crisis

At the time of writing this message the conflict and problem in Gazas is still going on. This is a situation which might benefit from some new thinking. How would new ideas be asked for? What effect would they have if just suggested by an individual? Maybe every crisis should have attached to it a formal UN creative team whose business it was to generate and collect new ideas. When I have set up my Palace of Thinking that would be one of its functions.

Unfortunately we still believe that experience, information, analysis and logic are enough. The UN has never considered its function to include the generation and presentation of additional ideas and possibilities. I once tried to set up a creative group within the UN but this proved hopeless as they considered their function to be representation of the thinking of their countries rather than new thinking.

Edward de Bono
25th January 2009