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Harvey Mackay
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Scamper your way to creative solutions -By Harvey Mackay
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World War I military designers for something you can use to address it. might be amazed what you find at the borrowed from the cubist art of Picasso Refer to the Velcro example: de Mestral edge ofyouruniverse. and Braque to create more effective wasn’t actively seeking a new fastener, Mackay’s Moral: Creativity is a camouflage patterns fortanks and guns. but recognized the potential use of such marathon that creates value in the long
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