tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post1101922517617421993..comments2023-11-05T04:01:12.146-05:00Comments on Ad Aged: Lack of speed kills.george tannenbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10974259094860905139noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-72529327979342154862010-10-22T09:08:02.392-04:002010-10-22T09:08:02.392-04:00and some unemployed.and some unemployed.Tore Claessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978163002830730401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-54830996001121814632010-10-22T05:51:18.717-04:002010-10-22T05:51:18.717-04:00Spot on, George. This made me think of a book I ju...Spot on, George. This made me think of a book I just finished reading. The titel of the book is ”Obliquity”, and is written by economist John Kay. His idea flies in the face of corporate practice and process thinking. <br /><br />Kay claims that goals are best achieved not directly, but indirectly. And this is relevant not only in business, but in all areas of life. <br /><br />The most profitable companies are not the most aggressive profit-chasers. The wealthiest men and women are not the most materialistic. And the happiest people do not pursue happiness in itself. The goals are mostly reached as a spin off from something else: meaning.<br /><br />Kay leans toward six creative attitudes towards problem solving and life in general.<br /><br />”Muddling through”. By this he stresses the importance of approaching a dilemma in a non-rational, intuitive way but at the same time according to some kind of plan. As I wrote in one my book ”Let's get gorgeous”: fix your eyes to the top (a higher purpose) and follow your instincts like a curious fool. In a zig-zag way. Like a child wandering about: devoted and wide-eyed, disrespectful, foolhardy and reinvestigative. <br /><br />Pluralism. In the business world people tend to think that there is only one solution to a problem. This is wrong, there are more than one answer to a problem. <br /><br />Interaction. The outcome has more to do with the question ˝Why?” than ”What?”. Problem is, in a process-obsessed world the former is much harder to find an answer to than the latter.<br /><br />Incompleteness. We like to think that we know enough about the nature of our problem. But we rarely do.<br /><br />Abstraction. Models are always imperfect descriptions of reality. And should therefore be handled with suspicion. <br /><br />Complexity. The world is far too complex to understand and manage. <br /><br />Kay is an economist who understand the creative mind. I highly recommend his book.Per Robert Öhlinhttp://www.minegoestoeleven.comnoreply@blogger.com