Baloney = Assumptions In Double Loop

A Bit of Science: The Right Brain Version

If you happen to have 6 minutes over a cup of coffee, you might enjoy these 10 points about figuring out what's baloney and what's not.   

In systems thinking*, this fits in the arrow between "assume" and "plan" (in above diagram)...

or at any time that 

naysayers, complainers, mavericks hit you with their new version of the plan.

While you're watching, think about our community controversies...the Marina, the Windfarms...

Go to UTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUB4j0n2UDU

RDF TV - Baloney Detection Kit - Michael Shermer

Dr. Riu Wang, scientist extraordinaire says:

“Those who are most responsive to change will win.” 

(Change management requires you to check your assumptions...)

“Effort can trump ability.”

(Plan well...then do)

“With less, do less but do it better.”
(Check and adjust the plan...then double look and think again...)

 “If this is a knowledge economy, where does the ‘knowledge’ come from?  

We have to support Lakehead University.  
What would happen to Thunder Bay without this University?

It is creativity and imagination that lead to knowledge.”

(Creativity & Imagination...think again...new knowledge arrives often)

and let me add: Watch out for the "Blind Spots"...
(blind spots signal Single Loop Learning)


* For more on "Systems Thinking", google "Peter Senge" or "Chris Argyris"

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