The Delicious Discomfort in Not Knowing
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NO DATA
Alternatively…
1/90th of this presentation will be
dedicated to consideration of statistical analysis.
We are never more wrong than when we are most right
The lawyer’s
curse
The expert’s
curse
If only they
would change
OverprecisionOVERPRECISION
How many F’s are in the passage below?
“Those of us who focus on issues of fairness too often effect agreement by giving in, instead of first using our powers of persuasion to affect a fair outcome that fully satisfies all of our legitimate interests”
The seductive lie
The word `cope’ and
the word `change’ are
directly opposite not the sam
e
People say they are looking for answers when in reality they are looking for
someone to tell them just how little they have to change
Strategies for surviving at the edge
…Because that’s where all the interesting stuff happens!
The Breakthrough Equation
(4X) x E + S1/S2 = BT
Aversion Therapy – getting to know not knowing• Read more books
• Take up a craft, a language or instrument• Look at other sectors• Or (and this one is
really easy!)…
Play games to get familiar with new systems
Aversion Therapy – getting to know not knowing
Get ArtisanConnect External/InternalEmbrace complexity• Manage resistance• Envision and temporarily suspend
need for successful outcome• Work with resistance, not against itAutonomy
‘Neil doesn’t pretend to
have all the answers (or any of them necessarily.) He challenges me to be more creative and take greater risks with my
own vulnerabilities.’
Join www.theleagueofnotknowing.com
for more information on coping with and leading through
uncertainty.Thank you.
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