AlphaCoders “All human advances occur in the outlaw area” — Buckminster Fuller gainsay: “contradict,” c.1300, literally “say against,” from Old English gegn- “against” This week’s guest on the Innovation show is social entrepreneur Sam Conniff Allende, author…
Date Archives June 2018
The Shoulders of Giants can be too Big!
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” — Isaac Newton The metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants refers to discovery by building on previous discoveries. While most…
Scar Tissue — Lessons from Grabbing the Cat by the Tail
“A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn no other way” — Mark Twain A couple of weeks ago my 8-year-old son came through our front door brimming with energy. He…
When all you have is a Hammer, everything looks like a Nail — The Einstellung Effect on…
AlphaCoders “To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” — Twain/Maslow/Kaplan/Baruch/Buddha/Unknown The Law of the Instrument The law of the instrument, otherwise known as Maslow’s hammer is a cognitive bias that involves an over-reliance…