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The way our lives turn out is the result of two things: the influence of skill and the influence of luck.
Thinking in Bets
Annie Duke
If the Lucasfilm franchise is too dumb for its own good, the Marvel franchise is too smart. On the other hand, the vacuum at Lucasfilm and the bottomless pit that is streaming may be stretching Marvel too thin. VFX artists complain of being “pixel-fucked” by the studio’s demands.61 Still, better smart than dumb, which is Disney’s problem.
Pandora's Box
Peter Biskind
That last passage cites a chapter titled Exploring the relationship between activity and the development of expertise; paradigm shifts and decision defaults, which is in turn about an intervention that DiBello did with a large remanufacturing facility in the late 90s, relatively early in her career. The facility was attempting to use a complex Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system — a system that usually doesn’t take when introduced in manufacturing organisations.
Business Expertise: The Importance of Cognitive Agility
commoncog.com
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