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Inside Matt Nagy's 'Beautiful Mind': Creativity, collaboration, details

Since his arrival at Halas Hall in January, Matt Nagy has made it known to his staff that he has an open-door policy. And through that office door, on the second floor perched above the Bears practice fields, the decor remains limited.

Naturally, there are the obligatory family photos - one from the day Nagy was introduced as Bears coach and another from his honorary visit to Wrigley Field in April.

A University of Delaware helmet sits on the right side of Nagy's desk. Plus there is a 40th-birthday gift from his four kids displayed prominently on the bulletin board - "40 reasons we love you."

Oh, and that? Over there on the west wall? That massive whiteboard that measures 10 feet high by 16 feet wide? That may be the most important thing in here.

That's Nagy's erasable canvas, an X's-and-O's spitball target that has become the Bears'

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