Some thinking on thinking and change management
A selection of articles by Kieran Sheedy focused on how Thinking Patterns impact the success of business change initiatives.
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Thinking Patterns: The Unseen Catalyst for Project Success
When it comes to project management, most conversations revolve around tools, templates, and methodologies. But underneath every method lies a deeper driver of success: the thinking patterns of the people involved. Managing thinking patterns is the catalyst that makes the tools and techniques ─ and the project team ─ work effectively.
Invite Socrates to interrogate your AI outputs
Using a very old technique to interrogate AI outputs can be very useful. I’m sure that Socrates, who famously thought writing was a bad idea because it discouraged dialogue, would have loved AI – a tireless opponent for endless debate.
If you need to test an AI output before using it, Socrates can teach us a thing or two.
It turns out Dunning-Kruger effect is not real. It is a bit of well intentioned science which has been debunked.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect says: The more intelligent a person is, the more likely they are to be humble about their abilities. Conversely, individuals with lower intelligence tend to overestimate their own intelligence.
This has an instant appeal, and it has been very popular since the original paper was published in 1999. The experiment has often been re-run and validated. But it is bunkum.
Adaptive versus Innovative Thinking: Understanding Creative Styles
Some people like to tinker with the system. Others like to blow it up and start again. Both are creative. They just do it differently.
Cognitive science divides these two instincts into adaptive thinking and innovative thinking – two contrasting ways that clever minds go about solving problems.