Do our eyes only see in a straight line? Is inquisitive questioning—being wide awake to both daily business details and then going back in history—helpful? Is the problem—how we think about a problem?
What needs to exist that already exists? Is this one on the critical questions for both a struggling start-up and comfortable, perhaps the overconfident CEO? Can the painting technique of an over-500-year-old artist apply to business problem-solving today? In being curious and observant, like Leonardo da Vinci, is it possible to come up with unique business strategy?