【T4】

A.OUT

B.GO FOR

C.BUT FOR A.NOT FOR OUR NEEDS, MIND YOU,【T1】______OUR DEMANDS

B.IF YOU【T2】______A MASTER"S DEGREE

C.YOU CAN SUCCESSFULLY DROP【T3】______IN GRADE SCHOOL GET A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, AT LEAST WITHOUT THAT, YOU ARE OCCUPATIONALLY DEAD, UNLESS YOUR NAME HAPPENS TO BE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW OR THOMAS ALVA EDISON AND【T4】______ GET A COLLEGE DEGREE, IF POSSIBL

E.WITH A BA, YOU ARE ON THE LAUNCHING PA

D.BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO START TO PUT ON THE BRAKES.【T5】______, MAKE SURE IT IS AN MBA, AND ONLYFROM A FIRST-RATE UNIVERSITY.BEYOND THIS, THE FAMOUS LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS BEGINS TO TAKE EFFECT. DO YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, THAT LONG-HAUL TRUCK DRIVERS EARN MORE A YEAR THAN FULL PROFESSORS? YES, THE AVERAGE 1977 SALARY FOR THOSE TRUCKERS WAS $24,000, WHILE THE FULL PROFESSORS MANAGED TO AVERAGE JUST $23,930. A P

H.

D.IS THE HIGHEST DEGREE YOU CAN GET, BUT EXCEPT IN A FEW SPECIALIZED FIELDS SUCH AS PHYSICS OR CHEMISTRY, WHERE THE DEGREE CAN QUICKLY BE TURNED TO INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, YOU ARE FACING A DIM FUTUR

E.THERE ARE MORE P

H.

D.S UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED IN THIS COUNTRY THAN IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD BY FAR. IF YOU BECOME A DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ENGLISH OR HISTORY OR ANTHROPOLOGY OR POLITICAL SCIENCE OR LANGUAGES OR—WORST OF ALL—IN PHILOSOPHY, YOU RUN THE RISK OF BECOMING OVER-EDUCATED FOR OUR NATIONAL DEMANDS.【T6】______.

【T3】

A.SEEK

B.LOOKED

C.PART A.TAKING【T1】______IN DANGEROUS SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES

B.WHO HAVE【T2】______FOR ADVENTURE

C.WHO【T3】______AN IMMEDIATE EXCITEMENT FROM A RISKY ACTIVITY AROUND THE WORLD MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE【T4】______.OF COURSE, THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PEOPLE【T5】______—THOSE WHO HAVE CLIMBED THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS, EXPLORED UNKNOWN PARTS OF THE WORLD OR SAILED IN SMALL BOATS ACROSS THE GREATEST OCEANS.NOW, HOWEVER, THERE ARE PEOPLE【T6】_______ WHICH MAY ONLY LAST A FEW MINUTES OR EVEN SECONDS.

【T11】

A.WARN

B.AWAY

C.OUT A.MEN AND ANIMALS MIGHT SOON DIE【T7】______

B.THEIR HANDS WERE BURNT【T8】______

C.FEAR WOULD NOT【T9】______IT TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE FIRE FEAR AND ITS COMPANION PAIN ARE TWO OF THE MOST USEFUL THINGS THAT MEN AND ANIMALS POSSESS, IF THEY ARE PROPERLY USE

D.IF FIRE DID NOT HURT WHEN IT BURNT, CHILDREN WOULD PLAY ITUNTIL【T10】______.SIMILARLY, IF PAIN EXISTED BUT FEAR DID NOT, A CHILD WOULD BURN ITSELFAGAIN AND AGAIN, BECAUSE【T11】______THAT HAD BURNT IT BEFOR

E.A REALLY FEARLESS SOLDIER—AND SOME DO EXIST—IS NOT A GOOD SOLDIER BECAUSE HE IS SOON KILLED; AND A DEAD SOLDIER IS OF NO USE TO HIS ARMY.FEAR AND PAIN ARE THEREFORE TWO GUARDS WITHOUT WHICH【T12】______.

【A3】

A.CREATE A CREATIVE SPAC

E.

B.KEEP AN OPEN MIN

D.

C.ANYTHING IS POSSIBL

E.

D.DON"T NEGLECT THE DETAIL.

E.TIE INTO YOUR BUSINESS GOALS. CREATING A CREATIVE WORKFORCE PLACING AN EMPHASIS ON CREATIVITY WITHIN THE WORKFORCE IS ONE OF THE SMARTEST THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO IN ANY ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANC

E.CREATIVITY LEADS TO INNOVATION, WHICH IN TURN LEADS TO INCREASED PERFORMANCE, MORALE AND DYNAMIS

M.THESE ELEMENTS ARE ALWAYS ESSENTIAL TO A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, BUT THEY ARE OF EVEN GREATER VALUE AT TIMES OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.BELOW ARE SOME TIPS ON HOW TO ENCOURAGE YOUR COLLEAGUES TO MAKE MORE CREATIVE DECISIONS AND INSPIRED JUDGEMENTS. 【A1】______ TO ENABLE TRULY CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, YOU MUST FIRST ENSURE THAT YOUR TEAM HAS A COLLECTIVELY OPEN MIND TO THE POSSIBILITIES THAT LAY OUT THER

E.ALL TOO OFTEN, TEAMS CAN GET TRAPPED WITHIN CURRENT COMPANY MENTALITIES, OUTLOOKS AND CULTURE, AND THIS CAN IMPEDE INNOVATIVE IDEAS FROM SURFACIN

G.TRY AND CREATE A SITUATION WHEREBY EXISTING THINKING IS PLACED ON HOLD, BY USING A FEW GAMES (WORD ASSOCIATION IS A POPULAR CHOICE) TO FREE PEOPLE"S MINDS UP FROM THEIR NORMAL THINKING PATTERNS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSIO

N. 【A2】______ CONVENTIONAL OFFICES ARE NOT NATURAL PLACES TO INSPIRE CREATIVITY, BY VIRTUE OF THE COMPARTMENTALIZED WORKSPACE AND FORMAL SETTINGS THAT THEY CAN PROVID

E.IT CAN THEREFORE BE HELPFUL TO DEVELOP AN ENVIRONMENT—EITHER WITHIN THE ENTIRE OFFICE OR WITHIN A SEGMENT OF IT THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO FREE THINKIN

G.IN THIS WAY, YOU CAN PSYCHOLOGICALLY REMOVE YOUR COLLEAGUES FROM THEIR EXISTING ROLES AND GET THEM TO CONCENTRATE ON LESS RIGID, MORE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO YOUR COMPANY"S COMMERCIAL CHALLENGES. 【A3】______ CREATIVITY IS THE ABILITY TO APPROACH ANY SUBJECT MATTER WITH FRESH PERSPECTIVES AND CREATE REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS WITHIN IT THAT DID NOT EXIST BEFOR

E.AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SESSION, TRY TO ALLOW AS MANY DIFFERENT VOICES WITHIN THE TEAM TO BE HEARD AND DO NOT DISMISS ANY I-DEA AT THIS STAGE, NO MATTER HOW LUDICROUS IT MAY SOUN

D. GROUP CREATIVITY IS BASED ON TRUST AND PEOPLE WILL NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED TO LET THEIR MINDS ROAM AROUND THE CREATIVE CHALLENGE IF GENUINE PROGRESS IS TO BE MAD

E.THERE WILL BE TIME TO RATIONALIZE LATER, BUT ALWAYS START FROM THE BASIS THAT ANYTHING IS INDEED POSSIBL

E. 【A4】______ BEING CREATIVE IS A GREAT ATTRIBUTE FOR ANY EMPLOYEE OR TEAM TO POSSESS, ALTHOUGH IT IS FUNDAMENTAL THAT YOU DIRECT THE CREATIVE ENERGIES AND IDEAS WITHIN THE SESSION TOWARDS REAL BUSINESS GOALS.THERE IS NO POINT IN NURTURING CREATIVITY WITHIN YOUR WORKPLACE IT HAS THE CHANCE TO FLEX ITS MUSCLE ON LEGITIMATE BUSINESS OBJECTIVES, AND THE ABILITY TO PUT IDEAS INTO TANGIBLE COMMERCIAL ACTION IS THE SIGN OF A DYNAMIC COMPANY. 【A5】______ AS A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, PEOPLE WHO TEND TO BE EFFECTIVE ON THE CREATIVE SIDE TEND ALSO TO BE LESS EFFECTIVE ON THE DETAILS THAT SUPPORT THE "BIG IDEA".WHILST YOU ARE DEVELOPING THE CREATIVITY WITHIN YOUR TEAM, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO BUILD AN ATTENTION TO REALITY AND DETAIL WITHIN THE PROCEDUR

E.A GREAT IDEA IS NOTHING IF IT CANNOT PRACTICALLY BE PUT INTO ACTION, AND THE MECHANICS OF THE CONCEPT ARE EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT AS THE OVERALL IDEA ITSEL

F.A GOOD MIX OF INDIVIDUAL SKILLS AND PROCESS SHOULD ALLOW THE TRANSITION FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY TO BE SMOOT

H. THE CREATIVE PROCESS IS, BY DEFINITION, A POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE ACT, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE CREATIVE PROCESS WITHIN YOUR COMPANY CAN LEAD TO MANY BENEFITS, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.CREATIVE THINKING MAY WELL ADD SIGNIFICANTLY TO YOUR COMPANY"S BOTTOM LINE, ALTHOUGH IT CAN BE JUST AS VALUABLE A PROCESS IN UNITING AND FOCUSING A TEAM TOWARDS BUSINESS OBJECTIVES THAT THEY HAD A PART IN CREATIN

G.MIXING UP PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS CAN ALSO HELP THE PROCESS, AND ALLOW YOUR TEAMS TO INTEGRATE WITH EACH OTHER IN A WAY THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE BEFOR

E.

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