A good reputation is hard-won and easily lost. But the lost reputation has invariably been given away by the actions of the holder, rather than been taken away by somebody else.
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lost reputations are always given away If prophets are despised in their own land, where does that leave Visionaries – are they trapped or liberated by their own insight? The V word has increasingly wide currency but is far more often misappropriated than warranted. So how do you recognise a true visionary among the pretenders? Picture credit: krish.tipirneni Well there is an obvious distinction between Continue reading article » Much effort has been put into getting machines to pass the so-called Turing Test. But, conversely, how does a machine know it’s talking to a human? Picture credit: Loz Flowers Turing Test corollary: a human knowingly talking to a [telephone answering] machine often loses coherence and language skills, ergo machine knows human. Continue reading article » Picture credit: Etherhill Any person or organization that doesn’t evolve to changing circumstances is fated to irrelevance. I once baffled a roomful of people by showing a slide that simply (sic) read: autopoiesis, or autopsy? You choose… If this statement perplexes you, then you have a choice: ignore the statement investigate the purpose of my words The first option Continue reading article » Picture credit: SF Steve I had such great feedback to the Strategist Beware piece the other week and your responses made me think a little bit more about the chess metaphor. Chess is a game with clearly defined rules and roles for the pieces and their movement. The Chess player needs to understand these and also needs good strategic Continue reading article » |
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