Listen and Unlearn
If you had the chance to listen to one of the world's best violinists for free, would you? Probably not if he or she were playing in a subway station. A few years ago Joshua Bell, one of the world's...
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A Sip of Reality
"What's reality?" asked the student. The traveler didn't answer. He said only, "Go to the stream and fetch a bucket of water." The student did as instructed. "Now grab a cup of water from the bucket...
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Why I Can Still Smile After Making a $25,000 Mistake (Really)
Let me begin by admitting that it is not easy to smile after losing $25,000. At 3p.m. today, I should be addressing a senior group of utility executives who are part of IBM’s Global Intelligent...
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The Fog of Unlearning
I am in Iowa to deliver a keynote presentation (entitled “Why Future Trends in Healthcare Will Require Unlearning“) to the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative today. After working on my presentation early...
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Unlearning Lesson #1
Unlearning Lesson #1: Knowledge Can Kill, Unlearn or Die “The most necessary part of learning is unlearning our errors.” — Zeno Question #1: Estimate the number of people you expect to die in the...
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Miles of Unlearning
I have been traveling a great deal lately and between trips to Newport, Rhode Island; St. John’s, Canada and Lake George, New York, I thought it would be more relaxing to stay at a Bed & Breakfast...
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The Consequences of Not Unlearning
Earlier today, I shared my own personal experience of how a “one mile error is really a two mile error” and why unlearning is more difficult than learning. The road to Rutland, Vermont is now open and,...
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The Light of Unlearning
Often, the first step to solving an old problem is viewing your situation–and the tools at your disposal–in a new light. If you want to watch a short, fun and inspirational video, check out this...
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When Your Neck is On the Line: Unlearn
In honor of tomorrow being Thanksgiving, I thought I would recount a wonderful story from Nassim Taleb’s outstanding book, The Black Swan: “Consider a turkey that is fed every day. Every single feeding...
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The Future Requires Unlearning & Uplearning
By Jack Uldrich & Rick Smyre On August 5, 1949 Wag Dodge and a team of fire-fighters were air dropped into Mann Gulch in Montana to battle a raging fire. The conditions were hot and dry. As evening...
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