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We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.
We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.
Approximate author period: c. 1977 AD · modern
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- Edward de Bono
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- Approximate author period: c. 1977 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Edward de Bono, based on documented lifetime 1933 to 2021. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41322 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41322 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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