On being wrong - Competitive Intelligence2024-03-29T04:48:21Zhttps://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/forum/topics/on-being-wrong?commentId=2036441%3AComment%3A49736&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI just looked at this TED tal…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2011-05-02:2036441:Comment:500682011-05-02T18:19:55.123ZEllen Naylorhttps://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/EllenNaylor
<p>I just looked at this TED talk. Kathryn Schulz is an incredible speaker who really lives her message. My takeaway is that we are raised to be right, and it's a heavy cost to society, as it causes people to take fewer risks and not to hold those provocative discussions. We're afraid to be wrong.</p>
<p>Translating this to CI: an important part of our job is to capture what our company is doing wrong and what are competitors are doing right, and perhaps that we're not staying up with the…</p>
<p>I just looked at this TED talk. Kathryn Schulz is an incredible speaker who really lives her message. My takeaway is that we are raised to be right, and it's a heavy cost to society, as it causes people to take fewer risks and not to hold those provocative discussions. We're afraid to be wrong.</p>
<p>Translating this to CI: an important part of our job is to capture what our company is doing wrong and what are competitors are doing right, and perhaps that we're not staying up with the market. Oh my, this makes people feel uncomfortable since we shake them up. On top of reporting these facts, we go the extra step and take them further out of their comfort zone when we recommend the changes that need to be made, which often "make them feel wrong."</p>
<p>That is why we almost need to be psychologists in our profession. We need to know decision-makers and key influencers well enough to be in touch with them to take smaller steps "to be right" and make the changes to stay competitive.</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing this, Miguel.</p> At all! Glad you liked it!
G…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2011-04-28:2036441:Comment:499882011-04-28T15:01:31.140ZMiguel Duarte Ferreirahttps://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/MiguelDuarteFerreira71
At all! Glad you liked it!<br />
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Great inputs as well.<br />
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Another insight I got from this excellent video has to do with how ‘mindsets’ are defined so early in our life’s and reinforced along the way.<br />
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No wonder we, as social animals, tend to rely so much in what we know, go after what we tend to believe we know best or is less uncertain, hence limiting from the beginning any percipient need of intelligence support to our decision making process.
At all! Glad you liked it!<br />
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Great inputs as well.<br />
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Another insight I got from this excellent video has to do with how ‘mindsets’ are defined so early in our life’s and reinforced along the way.<br />
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No wonder we, as social animals, tend to rely so much in what we know, go after what we tend to believe we know best or is less uncertain, hence limiting from the beginning any percipient need of intelligence support to our decision making process. Hi Miguel
Thank you for th…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2011-04-24:2036441:Comment:497362011-04-24T01:29:42.296ZBabette Bensoussanhttps://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/BabetteBensoussan
<p>Hi Miguel</p>
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<p>Thank you for this. It is an excellent video - very insightful. Has a lot to say about the way we think and approach CI. It does remind me of the amount of times in delivering CI reports, we were judged as being wrong by our clients! And yes sometimes we were wrong!</p>
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<p>Thank you again for sharing.</p>
<p>Hi Miguel</p>
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<p>Thank you for this. It is an excellent video - very insightful. Has a lot to say about the way we think and approach CI. It does remind me of the amount of times in delivering CI reports, we were judged as being wrong by our clients! And yes sometimes we were wrong!</p>
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<p>Thank you again for sharing.</p>