Nairobi, Sept. 2 -- "Business performance is often not limited by what managers know. The problem is how they think about what they know," advises the psychologist Jamil Qureshi.

What does the number nine smell like? In a world of AI where information and wisdom have become an almost free commodity, is the only sustainable competitive advantage to learn faster and better than your competitors? But how do you discover profitable insights quicker? Can thinking like an outsider, divergent thinking - connecting the unconnected, be a game changer?

"Success is about making the connection between two things previously unconnected. Success is often about two ideas coming together to enable success to take place," says Qureshi.

Divergent and co...