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Be self-reflective and make sure your people are self-reflective. When there is pain, the animal instinct is flight-or-fight. Calm yourself down and reflect instead. The pain you are feeling is due to things being in conflict—maybe you’ve come up against a terrible reality, such as the death of a friend, and are unable to accept it; maybe you’ve been forced to acknowledge a weakness that challenges the idea you’d had of yourself. If you can think clearly about what’s behind it, you will learn more about what reality is like and how to better deal with it. Self-reflectiveness is the quality that most differentiates those who evolve quickly from those who don’t. Remember: Pain + Reflection = Progress.
Disruptive technologies bring to a market a very different value proposition than had been available previously. Generally, disruptive technologies underperform established products in mainstream markets. But they have other features that a few fringe (and generally new) customers value. Products based on disruptive technologies are typically cheaper, simpler, smaller, and, frequently, more convenient to use.
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton M. Christensen
“to check or bypass representative government” via direct democracy simply empowers “a new class of election entrepreneurs” by delegating to them the tasks of “formulating policy, organizing the effort to get something on the ballot, and providing voters with the information and cues they need to make a decision.” Whereas “average citizens will sporadically give input to government when something really matters to them,” Cain (2015, 8–9) noted, “organized interests are a constant presence.”
Democracy for Realists
Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels
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