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Paradoxical Thinking - Holding two diametrically opposite ideas simultaneously/concurrently as spur for innovation
Low cost/no cost High quality
Closed Open
Poh-Sun Goh


2 January 2021 @ 0507am
CraftIndustrial
DesignManufacturing
E
ffi
ciency E
ff
ectiveness
LeadershipManagement
SmallLarge
Volumes
Numbers
Global
CustomisedMass (market)
https://www.bbc.com/
worklife/article/
20201109-why-the-
paradox-mindset-is-
the-key-to-success

https://www.strategy-
business.com/article/
03309?gko=4d780

The Paradox of Charles
Handy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbUZj3Verc

Reinventing yourself and the organization | Charles Handy (The Second Curve)

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Paradoxical thinking as spur for innovation

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