Why the Pareto Principle and Other Smart Rules Don’t Work in Business
s you know (one of the worst ways to start a text is with this expression, but here it fits perfectly), everyone is familiar with the Pareto rule, Overton’s window, Occam’s razor, Maslow’s pyramid and Murphy’s law. To challenge them is somehow even inconvenient. Unless as a joke or at the level of analytics about a flat earth. These are just facts. Well, yes, that’s how it works.…
He who does not make mistakes is lying: how mistakes lead to achievements
In modern culture, it is customary to focus on achievement and ignore failure. Errors are perceived as either a deviation from the norm or overestimated. Hence it follows: a mistake is a loser. We have developed a special culture of working on errors. What mistakes can happen and how to turn them into a way of company development.…