Experts As Biggest Obstacle To Innovation, New Thinking
Posted on20 Jul 2020
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People don’t like very new ideas. Experts are even worse. Thus, they often are the biggest obstacle to innovation and new ways... Read More
Working Better With Conscientious People As Problem Solvers
Employers often prize conscientious people. Their focus, organization and discipline do well in the workplace. Yet, downsides exist. Working with conscientious people... Read More
Lessons About Success And Failure From Black Panther Movie
Posted on05 Mar 2018
Tagsfailure, Inspiration (Series), motivation, passion, rules, success, think outside the box, experts, Wall Street Journal, Black Panther movie, Marvel Entertainment
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Many of the most important lessons about success and failure from the movie, Black Panther, aren’t even in the movie. They are... Read More
Without Question Easiest Tip To Challenge Assumptions Like A Pro
Posted on18 Sep 2017
Tagsanchoring, assumptions, think outside the box, question and answer, Challenging Assumptions Series
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By challenging assumptions every day we get better at it. This makes us better problem solvers. At times though it’s hard to... Read More
Power of Being First and How to Tap Its Full Effect
Posted on26 Jan 2015
Tagsanchoring, conversation, first, history, law, power, price, security, The Economist, think outside the box, Thoughts, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, precedence, agenda setting, Fallen Child Analogy
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The power of being first triggers our need for security. This power exerts itself in all parts of our lives, from laws... Read More
Board War Games Superior to High-tech Simulations
Posted on10 Apr 2014
Tagsalternatives, complexity, computer simulations, computers, creativity, decision-making process, low-tech, military, quantify, rules, The Economist, think outside the box, The Matrix
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Computer games have all but wiped out regular board games. Why then, do American military officials rely more on board games to... Read More
Stories as Inhibitors of Change, Innovation
Posted on11 Mar 2013
Tagsadaptability, change, change management, dissent, facts, history, ideas, Influence, innovation, Northwestern University, opinions, question, rationale, storytelling, The New Yorker, thinking process, think outside the box, George Packer, Dan McAdams
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Stories galvanize people, helping them to learn, to coalesce around ideas. If we look at this galvanization as solidification, we can also... Read More
Intuition in Problem Solving: A Compass
Posted on20 Sep 2012
Tagsaction, cognition, feeling of knowing, focus, Influence, intuition, knowledge, planning, problem solving, process, process management, rationale, spontaneous, synchronicity, thinking process, think outside the box, Thoughts
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Someone once said to me that you can’t find your way if you don’t know where you are. I countered that that... Read More
Best Practices = Inside the Box Thinking
One of the paradoxes of best practices is that they promote unimaginativeness because if everyone followed best practices the differentiation among competing... Read More
