Here are some components of thinking and some notes I made about myself and the world at large. Components 1. Perception: The process of taking in sensory information and making sense of it. I sense the weather every day but am not sure about climate change. To misquote Sherlock Holmes, we see but we do not…
Don’t think outside the box. Think in more boxes.
According to (made up) research, hundreds of (non) interviews, and my (non-relevant) credentials, I have concluded that too many of us are suckers. I have no doubt that the earth is flat, we never landed on the moon, and alchemy works. After all, I read it on the Internet. I’m in the process of developing…
The future is going to be increasingly complex, contentious, and “wicked.” (Note: Wicked environments exist where the rules of the game are often unclear, feedback is spotty at best, and patterns are lacking or not obvious. It’s a condition of a system, not a commentary on morals.) We need great thinkers to deal with the…
One of my favorite books is How Doctors Think, Jerome Groopman, M.D., 2007. Dr. Groopman is a good writer and an engaging storyteller. More than that, he pulls advice from the stories so that we can become thoughtful patients and apply his observations to our world. The story One of the chapters is the story of…
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” Sherlock Holmes The future: four parts & three combinations We think and talk about “the future” a lot. Maybe it’s about our retirement plans. Maybe it’s about our company’s…
This continues the questions and comments that came from MindPrep 196 – You Tell Me. Ken wanted more re: “thinking blocks” and four versions of the future. Here are the thinking blocks. I’ll send the “four futures” in a few days. Thinking Blocks: we all have them! Marcel Straub on Unsplash “This book is concerned…
This is another follow-up to the comments I received from our newsletter, MindPrep 196 – You Tell Me. As mentioned last time I received a few responses to ten “notes in the margin” I listed from books on my shelf. In response to #1 (questions are the engine of intellect) Mary wondered how “the latest…
When the pandemic started “in earnest” in 2020 I responded to a blogpost from my friend Erica Nelson and wrote a month-long series of posts about books on my shelf and ideas I gained from them. You see, I like “real” books and I often write notes in the margin. I was keeping busy (all…
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