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Dan Ariely contends that businesses often shy away from experimentation because they are not good at tolerating short-term losses in order to achieve long-term gains.
Stefan H. Thomke • Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments
what University of Chicago economist David Galenson has dubbed “experimental innovators.”
Peter Sims • Little Bets: How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries
culture of “test everything” and the limiting factor becomes its ability to convert ideas into code
Ya Xu • Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments: A Practical Guide to A/B Testing
Variation—trying new ideas—is essential to learning.
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
The prized business and IT capabilities are discovery and agility rather than stability.
Thomas H. Davenport • Big Data at Work: Dispelling the Myths, Uncovering the Opportunities
“In our firm developing a product is like conducting an orchestra: the customers are the audience.”10
Roberto Verganti • Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean
lower-status individuals were more willing to experiment when values and rewards gave them a consistent message explicitly emphasizing the value of learning
Stefan H. Thomke • Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments
Not only is strategy possible in times of tumultuous change, but it can be a competitive advantage and a source of significant value creation.