Daily Archives: May 22, 2009

Conditioned Incompetence

Posted on May 22, 2009 by

We often blame businesses, leaders, ourselves for “not knowing better.” The reality is, in modern American, there is a healthy amount of conditioned incompetence.  Yes, as a society, we really don’t know better, don’t know different.  For a very long … Continue reading →

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Lack of Vocabulary

Posted on May 22, 2009 by

The invention and acceptance of new vocabularies is important to the success of ideas, products, policies and methods.  Many valuable new “things” are written off simply because we lack applicable metaphors, analogies and vocabulary.  Many authors and inventors of new … Continue reading →

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