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When you are an expert, your deep knowledge is obviously of great value in facing the usual challenges of your profession, but your immersion in that body of conventional wisdom can impede you from creating or accepting new ideas, and hamper you when confronted with novelty and change.”

Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Constantly Changing World

fs.blog

Policymakers come from environments that nurture consensus, not dissent, that train them to react to things that have already occurred, and that prepare them for negotiations, not placing bets. Because they don’t benefit from the constant feedback about the quality of their decisions that investors get, it’s not clear who the good and bad decision makers among them are.

Principles

Ray Dalio

Then again, not every product solves problems. Some provide fun or information, others glamour or romance. Social networks don’t solve problems but sure have millions of visitors—they fill consumer needs and desires.

The Startup Owner's Manual

Steve Blank, Bob Dorf

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