But I’m planning to risk more in the future, because Phil tells me it’s good.

(Okay, now I feel dumb. I went to look for Phil’s comments to see what he said. Doooh…)

Make mistakes, sure. But ()*^%$ clean up the damage after you make one before moving on.

Okay, I have to leave. Getting angry again. French blood and all

James Chartrand – Men with Pens’s last blog post…A Skewed Sense of Time Screws Up Your Schedule

Bwah haha.

Several days, and a couple of light-seconds.

Thank you to all the other applicants, the position of Chief Contrarian has been filled. I was a bit surprised that there weren’t more folks generally scratching their heads about the idea of making more mistakes.

I still defend Phil’s position, hunkering down is NOT good enough, but I’m glad I got you howling, James.

Later,

Kelly

Aren’t there enough fucking up the world already? I’ll be the first to say I’ve had enough. The mistakes can stop now.

James Chartrand – Men with Pens’s last blog post…A Skewed Sense of Time Screws Up Your Schedule

OMG, I’ve read several excerpts from Sway and that stuff is fabulous! I love/hate finding out how malleable my supposedly independent brain is, how my own worries and those of others interrupt my brilliant (lol) brain processes. You’re right, deeply embedded risk aversion just makes failing when we finally do take the risk more likely.

Janice,

Yes, they started small. But both intended to be game-changers from minute #1, to go where there was no path and let others follow them. That’s a lot of risk, and part of what enabled them to become big.

I agree that most often changes come from lots of little tugboats creating change. (Can you say junior senator from Illinois for President?)

Phil, being head of a mighty large empire, was suggesting (I think) that the Big Boys would do well to “think small.” And stop treating The Way It Is as an absolute. True, it isn’t a terribly original thought, but then what is? I just wish more folks were heeding it.

P.S. Ever see Finding Nemo? Watch the “swim down” scene at the end. I get teary every time. Yay, little guys changing “the way it’s always been”!

Later,

Kelly

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Unless the captain is pissed drunk, and crashes the tanker, and spills crude oil over the entire Ecosystem!

Friar’s last blog post…It makes me wonder…

Change, innovation is like that too.

What you’re asking for is like asking a huge tanker to turn itself around in a channel, can be done, but it requires those little tug boats to do it. And a captain who sees the need.

Janice Cartier’s last blog post…A Very Raw Plan

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Francis,

I love Brett’s borrowed motto. No desire to watch the movie, mind you, but the get-up-and-go-at-it-again sentiment of 6 Weeks… I’m all for it.

Friar,

I thought that “get back to work” quote was from a nuclear Factory somewhere deep in the heart of Canada. No?

Graham,

Yep. It’s the shoes. Believing in the brand can only take you so far. Then it’s time to put on a pair of Kenneth Coles.

Janice,

But remember, the really fine ladies go for MIT men.

Wait, there was a better point here, wasn’t there? Oh, yes. I think it’s the scale. Little failures that teach us a lot—some people are willing to go there, it’s true. Big, colossal, what happens if we reinvent an industry stuff like Pixar, say, or even Apple long before that? Not too often. Need more of it.

Need more of the little risks, too, but the big innovators have power to embolden the little guys.

Until later,

Kelly