Black Box Thinking

They both said yes

We all want to succeed

nobody wants to fail

going round and round in circles

a closed loop is where failure doesn’t lead to progress because information on errors and weaknesses is misinterpreted or ignored; an open loop does lead to progress because the feedback is rationally acted upon.)

an idea we will return to

in line with the best knowledge available at the time

a radically different perspective

not only to protect ourselves from

Studies have shown that we are often so worried about failure that we create vague goals, so that nobody can point the finger when we don’t achieve them.