Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Principle 33
"Many good ideas are really two ideas in one - which form a bridge between two realms of thought or different points of view" (Marvin Minsky).
Principle 32
"Some of the most crucial steps in mental growth are based not simply on acquiring new skills, but on acquiring new administrative ways to use what one already knows" (Papert's Principle).
Monday, January 18, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Pr. Katz lecture on Human Side of Innovation (II):
Information Seeking Criteria:
1. Familiarity and ease of use
2. Geographical distance (as small as moving away to the next building according to Pr. Allen)
3. Minimize “psychological cost”
It is only after the effects of the above criteria that people might seek a more “optimal” source(s) of information.
1. Familiarity and ease of use
2. Geographical distance (as small as moving away to the next building according to Pr. Allen)
3. Minimize “psychological cost”
It is only after the effects of the above criteria that people might seek a more “optimal” source(s) of information.
Principle 30
"A System is Less Receptive to Negative Information the Closer It Gets to the Deadline" (Pr. Katz lecture on Human Side of Innovation).
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Pr. Katz lecture on Human Side of Innovation (Gunfire at Sea)
What are the sources of resistance?
You cannot replicate luck.
You cannot measure yourself on a standard, which you even do not have on your radar screen.
Do not vote until you have all the options. Stay in the problem space first.
Who is going to need your product first?
It is important how do you frame the problem. It helps you to focus on the problem.
Who is the part of change and who is not? You may change, but the system stays the same.
The system may not change, but the environment around the system does.
Self selection is important (being assigned vs. choosing to work on a project).
Innovation requires a combination of critical roles and interrelationships.
The kiss of death "Who is available?"
The worst question in the management "Will it work?"
How do you measure risk taking in a group? A group is an amplifier but it can only amplify around the group’s consensus of norms and values.
You cannot replicate luck.
You cannot measure yourself on a standard, which you even do not have on your radar screen.
Do not vote until you have all the options. Stay in the problem space first.
Who is going to need your product first?
It is important how do you frame the problem. It helps you to focus on the problem.
Who is the part of change and who is not? You may change, but the system stays the same.
The system may not change, but the environment around the system does.
Self selection is important (being assigned vs. choosing to work on a project).
Innovation requires a combination of critical roles and interrelationships.
The kiss of death "Who is available?"
The worst question in the management "Will it work?"
How do you measure risk taking in a group? A group is an amplifier but it can only amplify around the group’s consensus of norms and values.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Saar Shalom's lecture on Leadership:
Talking points:
1. Leadership is not a random act.
2. Leadership is the only sustainable advantage.
3. Leadership is about closing the gap. Any gap.
4. The role of the leader is to increase the temperature. But to increase it in a manageable manner.
5. Leader take people to places that people could not have taken otherwise.
6. If you do not have a Conviction, you cannot lead. Leaders must have a conviction (1).
7. As a leader you have to Comprehend (2).
8. You have to be Competent on what you do (3).
9. You have to have Courage to act (4).
10. DELTA = (Dissatisfaction+Solution+Approach)/Cost
11. Communication. Listen to both who are talking and who are not talking (5).
12. Leadership is about DELTA = change (6).
13. Leadership is about Coaching (7).
14. Leaders have to Collaborate. How do I leave the ego out (8).
15. Leadership is about Compassion (9).
16. Leadership is about Character (10).
1. Leadership is not a random act.
2. Leadership is the only sustainable advantage.
3. Leadership is about closing the gap. Any gap.
4. The role of the leader is to increase the temperature. But to increase it in a manageable manner.
5. Leader take people to places that people could not have taken otherwise.
6. If you do not have a Conviction, you cannot lead. Leaders must have a conviction (1).
7. As a leader you have to Comprehend (2).
8. You have to be Competent on what you do (3).
9. You have to have Courage to act (4).
10. DELTA = (Dissatisfaction+Solution+Approach)/Cost
11. Communication. Listen to both who are talking and who are not talking (5).
12. Leadership is about DELTA = change (6).
13. Leadership is about Coaching (7).
14. Leaders have to Collaborate. How do I leave the ego out (8).
15. Leadership is about Compassion (9).
16. Leadership is about Character (10).
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