1. In the chapter from Gardiner’s book, “Five Minds for the Future” answer the following. Rank the 5 ‘minds’ in the order that you think are most important for you moving forward in your career.

2. The assigned reading is an MIT article on Design Thinking. Read this article and do some more research on what design thinking is. (There are lots of YouTube presentations etc.) Explain the concept of design thinking and how you think it is relevant to the work in this course.

3. Read this article by Pfeffer and Sutton, reflect, and comment on why you think business managers rarely consult the evidence before making decisions. Why is this not good, what are the potential downfalls to this sort of decision-making?

4. The last reading is about the ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’. What are the things about this article that you found most interesting?

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