Richard Feynman process of learning and problem solving and innovation (cf Grand Challenge, Working Question) (more)

Ted Gioia: My 12 Favorite Problems. I’ve benefited in my own life by asking the same questions over and over—for a period of decades. (more)

Mike Caulfield is currently (2014) the director of blended and networked learning at Washington State University Vancouver. (Before that he was employed by Keene State College as an instructional designer, and by MIT as director of community outreach for the Open Course Ware Consortium. (more)

media literacy process championed by Mike Caulfield https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/

Peter Limberg and Conor Barnes: Memetic Tribes and Culture War 2.0. Until the last few years, it made sense to talk in terms of a red tribe and a blue tribe when describing political affiliation. (Red Vs Blue) However, this dichotomy no longer provides a sufficient map of the political territory we find ourselves in. (more)

Jean-François Lyotard (/liːoʊˈtɑːr/; French: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa ljɔtaʁ]; 10 August 1924 – 21 April 1998)[5] was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist. His interdisciplinary discourse spans such topics as epistemology and communication, the human body, modern art and postmodern art, literature and critical theory, music, film, time and memory, space, the city and landscape, the sublime, and the relation between aesthetics and politics. He is best known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late 1970s and the analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition. Lyotard was a key personality in contemporary continental philosophy and authored 26 books and many articles.[6] He was a director of the International College of Philosophy founded by Jacques Derrida, François Châtelet, Jean-Pierre Faye, and Dominique Lecourt.[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Lyotard

Post-Rationalism, Post-Rationalist. (more)

David Chapman: What they don’t teach you at STEM school. What they do teach you at STEM school is how to think and act within rational systems. What they mostly don’t teach you is how to evaluate, choose, combine, modify, discover, or create systems. (systems thinking) (more)

Dominic Mckenzie Cummings (born 25 November 1971) is a British political strategist who served as Chief Adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 24 July 2019 until he resigned on 13 November 2020.[1] From 2007 to 2014, he was a special adviser to Michael Gove, including the time that Gove served as Education Secretary, leaving when Gove was made Chief Whip in a cabinet reshuffle. From 2015 to 2016, Cummings was director of Vote Leave, an organisation which successfully executed the 2016 referendum campaign for Britain's exit (brexit) from the European Union. After Johnson was appointed prime minister in July 2019, Cummings was appointed as Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister. Cummings had a contentious relationship with Chancellor Sajid Javid which culminated in Javid's resignation in February 2020 after he refused to comply with Cummings's request to dismiss his special advisers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Cummings

"this part of twitter"; there may be multiple parts now, but first one was heavily post-rat: (2022-04-24) Rival Voices Tpot Is Littered With Postrats (more)

What is EOS? An Intro to the Entrepreneurial Operating System. Traction touts the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®), and outlines six key business components: Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process and Traction®. To be successful, Gino Wickman contends, companies need to define and align these core components. (more)

John Cutler: TBM 389: Overthinker! From a young age, being accused of “overcomplicating” or “overthinking” things felt like a dismissal of who I was. Later, in professional settings, I struggled to stay calm when I witnessed reductionist ideas being used (often by those in power) in ways that harmed others. That pattern became my kryptonite. (I commented - below, bits not in italics) (more)

Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.[6][17][18] Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.... Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Initially, Hawking radiation was controversial. By the late 1970s, and following the publication of further research, the discovery was widely accepted as a major breakthrough in theoretical physics. Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. Hawking was a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.[23][24] He also introduced the notion of a micro black hole.[25] Hawking achieved commercial success with several works of popular science in which he discussed his theories and cosmology in general. His book A Brief History of Time appeared on the Sunday Times bestseller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking

Erik Hoel: When video game addiction strikes. In college I played World of Warcraft too—my first semester I spent way too much time on it, and I too would dream of it, occasionally. We were both inside the supersensorium. And by “supersensorium” I mean the entertainment analog to a “supermarket” with all its conveniences and stocked shelves. (more)

John Cutler: Octopus Careers & Throwaway Stickies with Chris Butler. Chris embraces the mess like few people I’ve met. Defying categorization in his career path, inventing models and techniques for collaboration and sense-making, he’s well versed in engineering, design and product, and figuring out how to challenge the status quo in big companies. (more)

Kyle Chayka: The internet’s distribution problem. Everyone online is talking about distribution. (more)

Lenny Rachitsky: Just evil enough: Subversive marketing strategies for startups: Alistair Croll (author, advisor, entrepreneur). Alistair is the author of Lean Analytics, which was one of the most influential early books on how to use data in helping you build your startup. He's also a multi-time founder (more)

Ash Maurya: The Customer Factory Manifesto. 1. All Businesses Share a Common Universal Goal: To make happy customers. (cf Drucker on The Purpose and Objectives of a Business) (more)

Ash Maurya: Don't Create a Product Roadmap. Use a Traction Roadmap Instead. Entrepreneurs need to be able to simultaneously pitch a big long-term vision while staying grounded in short-term actions to move their vision forward. (more)

Ash Maurya: The Right Way vs. The Battle-Tested Way for Driving Breakthrough Innovation. I often get initial pushback from other coaches when I first present my step-by-step continuous innovation roadmap: The biggest objection typically centers around ordering business modeling before customer/problem discovery. (more)