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Have I provided others with opportunities to do the same thing? Have I provided them with the resources - facilitators, survey instruments and so on - that will help them do that? Y/N Have I seen to it that people build their skills in creative thinking and innovation? Y/N Have I encouraged experiment and seen to it that people are not punished for failing in intelligent efforts that did not pan out? Y/N Have I set an example by brainstorming many answers to my old problems - the ones that people say you just have to live with? Am I encouraging others to do the same? Y/N Am I regularly checking to see that I am not pushing for certainty and closure where it would be more conducive to creativity to live a little longer with - uncertainty and questions? Y/N Am I using my time in the neutral zone as an opportunity to replace old systems with integrated systems? Y/N 1065