Comments on: Are you Prepared to be Wrong?

By: Mike Waddell

Mike Waddell — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:39:43 +0000

Just came across your post.

From the perspective of creative problem solving and innovation,our normal thinking processes mean we probably always start out with a propensity to be wrong. Edward de Bono described it as cliché thinking. Our minds force fit the patterns of old situations onto new ones plus we have been trained to think in specific, procedural ways. The net result is that unless we challenge this cliché thinking by provoking our minds to find new perspectives we have a high probability of being wrong or at least not finding the best solution.

Creative thinking is about provoking those new perspectives to find new solutions which when applied are useful. In essence that is innovation. But innovation is not just applicable to hi-tech R&D, it is applicable to ordinary problems and ordinary situations.

By: marriagecoach1

marriagecoach1 — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:55:35 +0000

So many people are willing to admit that they are wrong or that there is another way to do something. Your point is so well taken. As a marriage,relationship and sexual coach, this is the biggest challenge for couples to get along as well.

Kudos on a great article

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:15:50 +0000

If a business rewards risk-taking, even in those occasions where the idea doesn’t pan out as expected, people will be more willing to try new roads instead of always wandering down the same well-trodden paths.

The unwillingness to admit mistakes might be due less to a problem with the person, than with a problem in the company culture.