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Rapid Idea Improvement
By Bart VanderhaegenBusiness
Rapid Idea Improvement episodes
- Episode 147 : The 2 very different types of answers to “why?” questions
The same question "why?" about some phenomenon in reality can have 2 very different types of answers: (i) the proposal of a causal explanation and (ii) the justification of the truth of the phenomenon
6 min - Episode 146 : Forget “result-driven/ action-driven”, try to become “explanation-driven”
An explanation is a consistent mental model of a transformation/ task/ change, and it contains:
- The result or goal you want to achieve
- The actions required to achieve that goal
- The arguments why (why that particular goal (and not some other), why will those particular actions lead to the goal (and not some others))
11 min - Episode 145 : Why is epistemology relevant and important ?
Epistemology is relevant when explaining *any* human activity, as it is a better/ deeper explanation than explanations at the level of behaviours (actions) or personality (assessments of persons as a whole)
10 min - Episode 144 : on the use of KPIs
Key aspects discussed related to how companies typically use KPIs
Start from the KPI and not from the problem and solution (for which the KPI was supposed to be an indicator)
Corrective actions are parochial and without causal power
Corrective actions that have causal power are corrective explanations and contain not only an action but also a goal and argument for how the action will cause the goal, but the corrective explanation is disconnected from the original explanation, i.e. does not serve to improve either one of both or both
KPI focus leads to the idea that only KPIs are a relevant source to criticise a solution. Whereas *any* creative argument can serve as good criticism to improve a solution (think about the aspects of a solution that are still not measurable because too early stage for example)
13 min - Episode 143: There is no problem solving method (and that is a good thing !)
There are no "problem solving methods".
Reason being that if there were such a method, we would be able to automatically crank out solutions by simply following it.
The same goes for the "scientific method" (science is also problem solving). For example, Einstein had 2 miracle years (1905 and 1915), but followed "the scientific method" every day of his 40+ year career. If there was a valid scientific method, his output would have been much more smooth over that entire period.
Solutions to problems come from creativity, and improvement in solutions comes from correcting mistakes in the solutions. Both creativity (having ideas) and error-correction can not be prescribed by a method.
Which is a good thing ! It allows novelty, progress, improvement, ...
By the way, there is a method for "problem definition" though: the steps to take to define a problem, i.e. the AS-IS vs the TO-BE, the obstacles in between, the root causes of them, ... But defining a problem is still independent from the idea that will solve it.
9 min - Episode 142: The austrian economics argument for why money creation cannot increase wealth in society
Does money printing create wealth ? Austrian economics says no and with a very simple but powerful logical argument.
15 min - Episode 141: On David Deutsch’ “Knowledge is information with causal power”
Some thoughts on David Deutsch” definition of knowledge as ‘information with causal power”
Also some ideas on how to use this in organisations
12 min - Episode 140: The problem with problem solving
It is not contested that managers rely on their teams to get problems solved.
However, in practise this turns out less easy than stated here. I go into some of the reasons why it is not trivial and concrete ways for improving this.
13 min - Episode 139 - The austrian business cycle theoryWhat is a business cycle ? The role of money. The unhampered economy. The hampered economy31 min
- Episode 138 - In the long run, the strength of an organisation is only dependent on the quality of error-correction inside
Unpacking the slogan ...
10 min
About Rapid Idea Improvement
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A podcast about the theory of knowledge applied to all fields that interest me (management, economics, physics, ...). My attempt at understanding & applying the ideas of Karl Popper (and his…
epistemology "Critical Rationalism") and David Deutsch (author of "The fabric of reality" and "The beginning of infinity").