Why You Find It Hard To Have Great Ideas

We’re hard-wired to solve problems quickly rather than cleverly.

Neil Pavitt
ILLUMINATION
Published in
4 min readFeb 23, 2021

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Have you ever seen some new idea or innovation and thought, that’s so obvious, why didn’t I think of that?

The fact is they feel obvious because they are. It’s just that you’re not looking in the right direction to see them.

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Neil Pavitt
ILLUMINATION

Author, speaker, coach and teacher. Passionate about creativity, innovation and good ideas. Fast Company contributor.