Aphorism 61
Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it. Seth Godin (via Tim Harford)
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Aphorism 60
You can’t institutionalize innovation. If you could, everyone would do it. Carl Bass, quoted by Brian Bergstein
Aphorism 59
It’s not iterative if you only do it once. Paul Hammond
Aphorism 58 (irresistibly)
I herby declare, “arguments not aphorisms” to be my new aphorism (not argument). Tom Coates
Aphorism 57
When the data seem to point to an unexpected finding, always consider the possibility that the problem is a feature of the data, rather than a feature of the world … When I discover something surprising in data, the most common explanation is that I made a mistake. John Kay
Aphorism 56
This is the futurist’s dilemma: Any believable prediction will be wrong. Any correct prediction will be unbelievable. Either way, a futurist can’t win. He is either dismissed or wrong. Kevin Kelly
Aphorism 55
Archimedes had taken baths before. Quoted by Alistair Croll
Aphorism 54
Nudge is not enough to change behaviour on its own. Sometimes you need to bribe and threaten people too. Flip Chart Fairy Tales (introducing his blog post, Nudge is not enough on its own)
Aphorism 53
If it needs a sign, it’s badly designed. Don Norman (prompted by Michele Ide-Smith mentioning him and Catherine Howe giving an outing to the wonderful word “affordance”)
Aphorism 52
That’s the problem with being trained to see both sides of an argument, you can see both sides of the argument. Penny Neu