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From Expert to Explorer
In an expert-run industrialized economy, there’s a lot of pressure to be the one who’s sure, the person with all the answers. Far more valuable is someone who has all the questions. The ability to figure out what hasn’t been figured out and see what hasn’t been seen is a significant advantage. Rarest of all is the person with the humility (and conf
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Too much exploitation leads to stagnation; too much exploration leads to failure and instability. But in fast-changing environments, the optimal balance is likely to shift towards more exploration.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
But it’s only when we sacrifice the certainty of answers, when we take our training wheels off, and when we dare to wander away from the street lamps that breakthroughs happen. If you stick to the familiar, you won’t find the unexpected. Those who get ahead in this century will dance with the great unknown and find danger, rather than comfort, in t
... See moreOzan Varol • Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
Leadership means finding a new direction, not simply putting yourself at the front of the herd that’s heading toward the cliff.
JamesClear.com • "Solitude and Leadership"
Andy Bromberg: The wisdom of crowds is giving way to the “wisdom of communities.” In a world of ever-greater complexity, no one person can possibly make sense of all the signals and all the noise — from a single, static vantage point. A networked group is required to adapt to this new world... People are no longer being polled in isolation but rath... See more
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
That is why I tend to prefer explorers over prophets—explorers being people who set out to map the future through trial and error, who experiment, and who are humble in the face of complexities they can only dimly grasp. The prophets who believed they had unique insights that enabled them to paint comprehensive pictures of a desired future are, for
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