If Hamlet had known about some of the collaborative and creative decision making tools and approaches we have today, might he have been able to make better decisions?
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemenI’m Edward Kellow, I’m a curious fellow, curious about the future, and I think that curiosity is the key to sustainable innovation. I’ve been thinking about curiosity for a while, and I was really moved and inspired by Stephen Hawking’s speech at the opening of the paralympic games. Anyone remember what he said? He said ‘Be curious’ and don’t look down at our own feet
Have you noticed how many books there are just now about decision-making?Thinking fast and slow is probably the best knownThere is a lot of curiosity about how the mind works, and some people think that our brain is even making decisions for us without us knowing
This is Rolf Dobelli who wrote a book about The Art of Thinking Clearly.Only it’s not about that. Dobelli writes about the reasons why don’t always think very clearlyI heard him speak at the LSE. Someone asked him about a new tool he had developed to help people make better decisions, and he said – very disarmingly – that it didn’t work.
Now the mad thing. Hamlet really needed help with personal branding. He confused people, and you can’t expect to lead when people don’t know who you are. What Hamlet needed was course in how to use social media to get your message across. He needed a website, a twitter account, a nice page on facebook ‘Like’ Hamlet