One of my most rewarding experiences of reading widely, and reading deeply, as well as reading differently, over a board array of books and other mediums is picking up gems or mining gold.

Here's one for sharing:

"Every change leader needs bifocal vision."

It comes from business consultant Karl Albrecht's 'The Northbound Train: Finding the Purpose, Setting the Direction, Shaping the Destiny of Your Organization'.

As I read, it's the ability to perceive accurately things happening further out toward the horizon that will inevitably affect our lives as well as the ability to focus on the more immediate, pressing events in our environment.

This ability to see the faraway field as well as the nearby field, and to deal comfortably with both is relatively rare. Indeed it is often not easy thing to do.

However, from personal experience, it can be learned and improved upon with deliberate practice.

To me, this assertion from the author resonates in many ways with what creativity guru Edward de bono has often encouraged us to do:

"... to adopt fluidity of perception as well as multiple perceptions in our view of the world at large..."

In a nut shell, he means to constantly enhance our perceptual sensitivity to what's happening in our environment.

In summing up, strategically and tactically, perceptual sensitivity is often the "driving force" behind our creativity innovation.

More precisely, possibility thinking or opportunity scanning starts where we see the horizon, far and near.

What's your thought?