Informing Business: Research and Education on a Rugged Landscape
T. Grandon Gill
- Paperback: 636 pages
- Publisher: Informing Science Press (July 14, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 193288629X
- ISBN-13: 978-1932886290
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
- Price on Amazon $49.99
[1.1] We depend on fitness estimates because "real" fitness is almost
always impossible to know [1.2] We perceive the world based upon the
peak we are pursuing; we choose that peak based on our dominant
estimate-of-fitness [1.3] Coming up with a theory that works
somewhere is easy; figuring out where it applies is hard [2.1]
Change a person's dominant estimate-of-fitness and changes to behavior
will surely follow [2.2] As long as our dominant estimate-of-fitness
does not change, we cling tenaciously to the peaks we have chosen
[2.3] Once expertise has been acquired during periods of stability,
we will resist any efforts to make us relinquish it unless forced to do
so by our environment [3.1] If we do not practice something, we
forget it [3.2] There are many advanced concepts we simply cannot
learn until we have become practiced at the basics [3.3] Do not
expect to be able to transfer skills from one problem to another until
those skills are practiced [4.1] We love rankings and other
estimates-of-fitness-especially if we believe our actions can affect
them [4.2] Most of our complex ideas are initially acquired from
people we know or people we observe [4.3] If you want someone to
listen and learn, tell a story [5.1] Rules are stable only between
discontinuities-and discontinuities may permanently change these rules
[5.2] The size and timing of discontinuities cannot be predicted.
Eventually, a jolt will come along that is large enough so that we will
really regret not having prepared for it [5.3] If you want to
survive... you must acquire a diverse set of skills and cultivate
adaptability
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