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The Blind Spot of Expertise
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: Experience helps us recognize patterns, make informed decisions and interpret complex situations, but it can also lead us to rely on familiar explanations without recognizing what makes a situation different. The value of expertise lies not only in what we know, but in our willingness to question…
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Knowing Enough to be Wrong
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: We can know enough about a situation to develop a convincing explanation and still be unaware of what that explanation has failed to account for. The confidence created by partial understanding can be more dangerous than knowing very little at all. You can know enough about a…
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How to Recognize Hidden Expertise Before It Walks Out the Door
Professor Phelps, an Australian researcher, ran a month-long experiment with student teams solving management problems. Unknown to the participants, some four-person groups had a planted “special guest”: Even when the other three teammates were motivated and capable, a single negative presence cut the group’s performance by 30–40 percent. His conclusion? Team success depends less on…
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Never lose your student mindset
If I had the opportunity to start over, as in from primary, through secondary and then on to university, I’d be a much better student. I wouldn’t waste time complaining about things I can’t control – like teachers’ personalities, and homework and I’d focus more on learning and being more curious about subjects, even those…
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The “In Between”: The Part Most Owners and Leaders Take for Granted
One of my friends recently shared her frustration. She’s one of the people who actually moves the needle. The one who anticipates problems before they happen. Who simplifies the complex. Who makes hard things look effortless. And because she’s that good, she often gets lumped into a blanket “thanks to everyone” message that feels like…
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How long will it take?
Time governs all things business. If there is something to be done within a business, time is usually one of the main decision making criteria. We can’t afford to waste time. We want it done yesterday, and done well. When asked how long something will take we immediately feel pressure building. We told the client…
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You are best at being you
Why aren’t you using more of this knowledge to your advantage? When Giulia Enders was 17, she developed a skin disease and realized how little she knew about her own body, so she started reading, and it turned out it was the gut that fascinated her the most. She cleared up her problem by diet.…
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