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Fast Company has some interesting advice for those who want to encourage and create new ideas - don't always hang with the same crowd. Interesting article - here's the summary points:
Cut the cord to the familiar faces around the water cooler.
Mix it up.
Take a class with strangers, seek out ideas from people you don't ordinarily talk to, do anything to get out and mingle more with folks from other professions.
Broaden your social horizons.
In other words, if you want new ideas, meet new people...