I was clearing out some boxes this weekend, basically tossing papers and things from my previous career, and I came across a neat little blast from the past. In 2012, a few months after becoming the manager of the Product…
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Book Report: Deep Thinking
“Our attitude matters, and not because we can stop the march of technological prowess even if we wanted to, but because our perspective on disruption affects how well prepared for it we will be. There is plenty of room between…
Tagged with: AlphaGo, Amos Tversky, artificial intelligence, automation, Bill Gates, Bounce, chess, competition, Dan Ariely, Daniel Kahneman, Data and Goliath, Deep Thinking, Der Speigel, disruption, expertise, Garry Kasparov, innovation, Larry Smith, Larry Tesler, machine learning, Mikhail Botvinnik, Moravec's Paradox, performance, philosophy, pragmatism, privacy, problem solving, Success and Luck, technology, The Pentagon's Brain, Vasily Smyslov, Weapons of Math Destruction, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Posted in Books, Everything, Math and Science
Posted in Books, Everything, Math and Science
What’s Your Problem? A talk by Larry Smith.
“If the machines are doing the routine work, then humans must do the non-routine work. To be an innovator, you need to talk about unsolved, important problems.” – University of Waterloo Professor, Larry Smith Last night I joined two former colleagues,…
Tagged with: AlphaGo, automation, Dan Deeth, Don Bowman, economics, entrepreneurship, innovation, JK Rowling, Larry Smith, machine learning, marketing automation, Moravec's Paradox, Problem Lab, problem solving, problems, Steve Jobs, Tim Ferriss, University of Waterloo, Velocity, Walt Disney
Posted in Careers, Leadership
Posted in Careers, Leadership
The Meeting for (Re)Solution
“When you see problem-solving as part of the learning cycle, you transform the (re)solution meeting from a chore to an essential, energizing aspect of your business.” – David Pearl In The Reasons Why People Meet, I introduced seven different types of…
Tagged with: David Pearl, Einstein, meetings, problem solving, problems, Theodore Rubin, Will There Be Donuts?
Posted in Leadership, Management
Posted in Leadership, Management
Incompleteness and problem solving
“Almost all real problems are incompletely and imperfectly specified.” – John Kay Did you ever notice that to solve most real-world problems of any complexity, we have to find ways to simplify the situation? Well, economist John Kay noticed, and…
Tagged with: closure, incompleteness, John Kay, Obliquity, prediction, problem solving, problems
Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership
Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership
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