habits we deliberately ingrain into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads The first thing needed for innovation is a fascination with wonder says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind and an executive change consultant for Professional Thinking Partners. "But we are taught instead todecide, just as our president calls himself 'the Decider She adds however, that to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. a good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities All of us work through problems in ways of which were unaware, she says Researchers in the late 1960 covered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally (or collaboratively)and innovatively. At puberty however, the brain shuts down half of that capacity, preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first cade or so of life The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought."This breaks the major rule in the American belief system- that anyone can do any thing " explains M.J Ryan, author of the 2006 book This year I Will... "and Ms. Markova's business partner. That's a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fostershabits we deliberately ingrain into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads. “The first thing needed for innovation is a fascination with wonder,” says Dawna Markova, author of “The Open Mind” and an executive change consultant for Professional Thinking Partners. “But we are taught instead to ‘decide,’ just as our president calls himself ‘the Decider.’ ” She adds, however, that “to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.” All of us work through problems in ways of which we’re unaware, she says. Researchers in the late 1960 covered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally (or collaboratively) and innovatively. At puberty, however, the brain shuts down half of that capacity, preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life. The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought. “This breaks the major rule in the American belief system — that anyone can do anything,” explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book “This Year I Will...” and Ms. Markova’s business partner. “That’s a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters