But this is haphazard, unpredicable and not of much practical use. They believe that new ideas only happen in the minds of slightly crazed 'creative' individuals. Creative thinking is a formal process which can be learned and developed as a skill. The process is based on the nature of the mind as a self-organising information system. Every government should have a specific Ministry for new ideas and a Minister of New Thinking.
New ideas are every bit as important as sport or even finance.
There should be a specific Department of Simplification which has the permanent task of simplifying procedures, methods, taxes etc. For example, the Minister of Education is bogged down by teachers' slaries, difficult schools, examination complaints, classroom violence etc. There is a need for big new ideas and also for small ones which just make life easier for everyone.