07 Apr When surprises are a terrible, very bad idea.
06 Apr Define that!! How to detect ambiguity and fix it.
Make sure you define with great precision every term you use in your questions, your arguments, or any of your evidence. (“what does ‘better’ mean exactly?“) Go deep into the question until all meaning is precisely extracted, otherwise every small deviation in the beginning will get magnified multi-fold later.
06 Apr The 10 secret ingredients of outstanding problem-solving
Most guides to decision-making focus on project management or people management skills. Yet, the core of clear decision-making is, undoubtedly, problem-solving. Without excellence in problem-solving, the task- and people-management skills – as important as they are – will not shed light on the issues! This is how to recognize and practice skillful problem-solving.
How can you tell world-class problem-solving from sloppy, incomplete or inaccurate work?
20 Oct Crack the problem: Step 1- What’s the problem?
The most crucial part of your problem statement is working out what the actual goal is – and why exactly. You must uncover that far-out intent, and then shed light on its connection to the issues presented. Otherwise resolving the issues will not get you to the target!
03 Sep Why we can’t crack that problem! Changing this
Confusion comes from lack of clarity about the issue at hand. Formulate your problem as a question and clarify the objective, options, and constraints of your problem before plunging into data!
10 Aug Got one of those nonstop-firing brains? Do this.
http://www.businessinsider.com/image/5373d131eab8ea310d52974e/
My brain seems to be going a million miles an hour, every hour. It is constantly busy. I cannot find peace, it bothers me.
Is there a way to stop this? Is it any good anyway?
The good news is, the answer is yes. There is a way. The bad news is that it takes work. Effort. Until you make it a habit (See here about habits).
- My brain is firing constantly because that is what brains do. It’s a muscle.
- What I am really after though, is some relief. A destination. Some point where there is meaning, not noise.
A useful brain is a disciplined brain. The other kind is just torture.
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A useful brain is a disciplined brain. The other kind is just torture.
09 Jul What is the point of thinking anyway?
The point of thinking is action. Unless we target an action – decisions! – all our thinking has zero impact. Focus your mind away from mindlessless and towards decisions.
What is the point? In other words, what comes out of all this thinking? What should come out of all this thinking?
Take a moment to think about that… 🙂
05 May How to control someone else’s arm with your brain TED.com
What can I say?
Two thoughts:
1 – You can transfer your brain’s electrical signal to another through a wire – it’s really that simple?!
2 – Gage’s group has put together DIY brain science technology. The goal is to promote the teaching and learning of neuroscience in schools – and at your home. You can now do neuroscience at home. Enter the BackyardBrains era: https://www.backyardbrains.com/
28 Apr Hubble @25 – A feast.
This months marks the 25th anniversary of the Hubble telescope in space. And it’s a big celebration.
So how do we measure progress here on Earth?
135,000 times around the planet; 570,000 images of 100 billion galaxies from 370 up. Feast your eyes and mind on what we have learned for our investment in Hubble:
Hubble’s Greatest Hits – National Geographic Magazine.
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/
25 Apr The daily dose of genius
THE DAILY DOSE OF GENIUS
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."